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Evo
Morales:
Farmers
Are
a
Moral
Reserve
of
Humanity
The
Bolivian
President,
Evo
Morales,
assured
Thursday
that
farmers
constitute
humanity''s
moral
reserve
because
of
the
values
they
transmit
from
their
ancestors.
The
Bolivian
leader
participated
in
the
42nd
anniversary
of
the
creation
of
the
municipality
of
Incahuasi,
in
Chuquisaca,
eulogized
the
role
of
farmers
and
praised
the
policies
designed
by
his
government,
many
of
which
have
great
acceptance
in
the
world,
he
considered.
Morales
talked
about
the
consideration
of
water
as a
human
right,
a
proposal
that
was
born
in
Bolivia,
in
2010,
and
was
accepted
by
the
United
Nations
(UN).
When
did
the
former
governments
approve
any
policies
like
these
in
the
UN,
he
wondered,
and
recalled
that
in
the
neoliberal
times,
that
never
happened.
In
2010,
the
General
Assembly
of
the
UN
declared
drinking
water
as
one
of
the
basic
human
rights;
the
proposal
was
sponsored
by
Bolivia
and
it
constituted
an
international
achievement.
The
Bolivian
President
also
referred
to
the
acceptance
of
quinua,
a
cultivated
cereal
consumed
by
the
autochthonous
Andean
population
since
before
the
times
of
Columbus,
by
international
organizations.
The
UN
will
dedicate
the
year
2013
to
the
cultivation
of
quinua.
Morales
exhorted
Bolivians
to
maintain
unity,
to
continue
the
progress
of
the
nation
and
erase
that
image
of
Bolivia
as a
champion
of
corruption,
an
inheritance
of
the
past.
The
Bolivian
didn't
have
anything
to
do
with
this
epithet,
said
the
leader,
who
called
on
the
masses
to
work
united
and
maintain
their
honesty. |
