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Evo: Bolivia is no longer a beggar
state
LA
PAZ, August 6.—Bolivian president Evo Morales today
highlighted the changes that his government has been
promoting since January 2006, a result of the
historical struggle for justice and social equality,
PL reported.
The
leader, speaking to a huge crowd outside Quemado
Palace on the 183rd anniversary of Independence Day,
affirmed that achievements in the economic and
social spheres are the most fitting tribute to those
who have given their lives for their country, like
the indigenous leader Tupac Katari.
Addressing the nation, he explained that in the two
and a half years of the current administration,
thanks to the nationalization of resources like oil
and natural gas, and the process of
industrialization, Bolivia is no longer a beggar
state.
In
that context, he stated that the times when
Bolivia’s administration used to turn to
international financial agencies for funds — as was
the case under neoliberal governments — had been
left behind.
He
further reflected that, thanks to the democratic and
cultural revolution, this year the nation will be
able to proclaim itself a territory free of
illiteracy, through a program that is advancing with
the help of Cuba and Venezuela.
In
another part of his address, Morales advocated
national unity in this Sunday’s recall referendum,
when some four million voters will decide if the
current authorities retain their posts.
In
that context, Morales urged the governors opposed to
his administration to subject themselves to national
sovereignty rather than to the empire (the United
States).
Translated by Granma International
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