Tuesday 18 November
2008, San José, Costa
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Grateful for World Support
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Bolivian President
Grateful for World
Support
United Nations -
Bolivian President Evo
Morales was grateful
before the United
Nations, for the world
support given by the
international community
during the political
crisis in Bolivia, and
he was sorry for the
silence of the US
representation.
“I am greeting the
international community
for having defended
democracy and the state
of right in my country,
for having defended
truth in my country,” he
stated.
“Regrettably, I have to
say another truth: only
one single country, the
US, did not repudiate
this act of terrorism,
sedition and genocide,”
he added.
Morales spoke especially
before the UN plenary to
give details on the
process in his country
and share his experience
that conflicts can be
solved through
conversations.
He referred to the
political crisis
suffered by the Bolivian
government in September
and October, provoked by
opposition groups that
tried to make a coup, by
taking airports and
institutions, and
interrupting the gas
supply trade.
He referred to the
January 25 referendum,
which will let the
Bolivian people and
government adopt a new
Constitution,
recognizing the
diversity of the Andean
country and establishes
that the Legislative and
the Executive should be
at the service of the
people.
He said that the
document stipulates an
economic regime, which
respects private,
collective and state
property, though he
denounced campaigns on
the possible elimination
of private property.
In a press conference
after his speech in the
UN Morales talked about
the intention of
legalizing the use of
the coca leave, since
its consumption does not
affect the human health.
He stated that the US
Drug Enforcement Agency
representatives will not
come back to Bolivia, as
long as he is still the
President of the
Republic.
He said that La Paz
wants to improve
diplomatic and
commercial relations
with the US, but the
return of DEA –accused
of interference- is not
included.
He also talked about the
current world financial
crisis, criticized the
help offered by banking
and financial
institutions, and said
the rescue should be to
help the victims, and
not the responsible
people for the crisis.
“To get out of the
financial crisis, we
must stop the neoliberal
capitalist model, we
must stop free trade
agreements,” he said.
“That model has not been
a solution for my
country,” he finally
emphasized.
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