In many historic moments, the Church was used for domination, subjugation and oppression. Now the Bolivian people receive you with joy and hope, we welcome you as the chief representative of the Catholic Church coming to support the liberation of our Bolivian peoples.

Evo Morales

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Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.

Evo Morales

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Globalization and the neoliberal economic model have already been rejected in Latin America; it simply hasn't been a solution for our people. At the same time, Latin countries like Venezuela and Argentina are anti-imperialist and anti-globalization, and yet their economies are growing again.

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We have launched an international campaign to legalize coca leaves, and we want the United Nations to remove coca from its list of toxic substances. Scientists proved long ago that coca leaves are not toxic.

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The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model, which is the representation of a savage capitalism. If the entire world doesn't acknowledge this reality, that the national states are not providing even minimally for health, education and nourishment, then each day the most fundamental human rights are being violated.

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We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and it needs to end.

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When the United States was in control of counternarcotics, the US governments used drug trafficking for purely geopolitical purposes .... The US uses drug trafficking and terrorism for political control .... We have nationalised the fight against drug trafficking.

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Globalization creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment.

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I am Catholic. But I am opposed to a monopoly when it comes to faith.

Evo Morales

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I'm still convinced. We all fight for freedom, but the foundation of freedom is equality and justice. And we are all on the road.

Evo Morales

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Capitalism and the thirst for profit without limits of the capitalist system are destroying the planet...Climate change has placed all humankind before a great choice: to continue in the ways of capitalism and death, or to start down the path of harmony with nature and respect for life.

Evo Morales

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Bolivia also depends not only on tin and other minerals, but also depends on the gas and oil. A rational extraction should be made, taking care of the environment. We should give added value to this natural resource, and generate revenue to fight poverty with more resources, that come from natural resources.

Evo Morales

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The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.

Evo Morales

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Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.

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I have no regrets - in fact, I am pleased to have expelled the US ambassador, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and to have closed the US military base in Bolivia. Now, without a US ambassador, there is less conspiracy, and more political stability and social stability. Without the International Monetary Fund, we are better off economically.

Evo Morales

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Capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity.

Evo Morales

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In Iraq, [American administration] said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction endangering mankind. With this pretext, the U.S. intervened militarily, and all they did is take control over oil fields, and oil wells.

Evo Morales

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The United States is using its war on drugs as an excuse to expand its control over Latin America.

Evo Morales

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For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well.

Evo Morales

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Capitalism is destroying Mother Earth, and to destroy Mother Earth is to destroy humanity.

Evo Morales

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The fight against drug trafficking is a false pretext for the United States to install military bases.

Evo Morales

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