“We are going to keep growing and we are going to continue the process of economic liberation.”
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Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and cocalero leader who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. He is widely regarded as the country's first president to come from its Indigenous Bolivian population. Ideologically a socialist, he led the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party from 1998 to 2024.
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politics · President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019 · politician · trade unionist · functionary · union member · also Evo Morales, Juan Evo Morales Ayma, Juan Evo Morales Aima, Morales
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2026· 33 entries
“Neither mother earth nor life are commodities. We are talking about a profound change of models and systems.”
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“when there is no victim, there is no crime.”
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“audit found evidence of fraud. The OAS audit found “deliberate”
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“a triumph of the anti-colonialists and anti-imperialists”
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“s indigenous population. To do this, he announced that all civil servants were required to learn one of Bolivia”
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“We produce our coca, we bring it to the main markets, we sell it and that”
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“I am not a drug trafficker. I am a coca grower. I cultivate coca leaf, which is a natural product. I do not refine (it into) cocaine, and neither cocaine nor drugs have ever been part of the Andean culture”
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Red Uno: Defensa de Cerimedo plantea hipótesis de “autoatentado” y vincula a Evo Morales
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El Potosí: Sheinbaum y Evo Morales lanzan acusaciones en contra del exasesor de Milei detenido en Bolivia
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apnoticias.pe: Evo Morales califica de "agente del imperio" a exasesor de Javier Milei detenido en Bolivia
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Página|12: Evo Morales acusó a Cerimedo de ser un “agente del imperio”
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ultimahora.com: Evo Morales acusa al ex asesor de Milei detenido en Bolivia de ser un "agente del imperio"
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El Destape: Evo Morales: "Cerimedo era como el canciller de Rodrigo Paz"
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La Noticia Web: Evo Morales: «Cerimedo es pedófilo y narcoterrorista»
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Bolivia.com: Evo Morales acusa a Fernando Cerimedo de ser “agente del imperio” y apunta al Gobierno de Rodrigo Paz
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gustavosylvestre.com: Evo Morales: "Durante la campaña de Paz se decía que Milei había mandado a un tal Cerimedo"
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NorteOnline: Evo Morales denunció una “mafia” en el gobierno de Rodrigo Paz y apuntó contra la familia presidencial
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RPP Noticias: Evo Morales acusa al exasesor de Javier Milei detenido en Bolivia de ser un "agente del imperio"
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elciudadano.com: (VIDEO) Evo Morales critica la detención de Fernando Cerimedo, acusado de ataque armado a activista Nadia Beller
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El Nuevo Diario (República Dominicana): Sheinbaum y Evo Morales acusan a exasesor de Milei detenido en Bolivia
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Clarin.com: Evo Morales habló sobre el exasesor de Milei detenido en Bolivia: "Lo liberarán en cualquier momento"
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Radio del Plata: “Una mafia”: la explosiva denuncia de Evo Morales sobre la corrupción en la gestión de Rodrigo Paz
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El Submarino Jujuy: Bolivia: Evo Morales exige una investigación transparente contra Fernando Cerimedo
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QZ | Noticias: Evo Morales aseguró que Cerimedo será liberado y volvió a cuestionar al gobierno de Rodrigo Paz
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El Destape: Evo Morales ADVIRTIÓ que podrían LIBERAR a Fernando Cerimedo en Bolivia
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diariolapluma.com.ar: Evo Morales exige una investigación clara y transparente contra Fernando Cerimedo, exasesor de Javier Milei
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MDZ Online: Evo Morales aseguró que Fernando Cerimedo será liberado pronto: "Sabe todas las barbaridades que hizo el presidente"
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Cba24n: Evo Morales pronosticó que “van a liberar a Fernando Cerimedo en cualquier momento"
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Diario El Norte - San Nicolás: Evo Morales afirmó que Cerimedo será liberado porque “sabe todas las barbaridades” del Gobierno - Diario El Norte
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El Marplatense: Evo Morales aseguró que Fernando Cerimedo será liberado y lanzó duras acusaciones contra el Gobierno boliviano
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C5N: Evo Morales vinculó a Fernando Cerimedo con la campaña en su contra: "Lo había mandado Milei"
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Public attention spiked: 3,622 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6× the usual 607, with 0 article edits.
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2020· 1 entry
Following the return of MAS to power upon the election of Luis Arce, his former economic minister
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2019· 6 entries
Election lost: 2019 election controversy and resignation.
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Awarded Distinguished Guest of Mexico City (2019).
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Approximately half of what it was in 2006
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Campaign: 2019 election controversy and resignation.
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Campaign: 2019 election.
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Almagro publicly supported Morales' participation in the 2019 election, saying that "presidents [in other countries]
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2018· 2 entries
Reviewed and upheld the legality of term limits, automatically triggering reinstatement of Bolivian term limit laws
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Bolivian feminist and journalist María Galindo criticised the then president, saying "The president (Morales) confesses that he uses his public acts to sexually hook the minors who attend those acts
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2017· 1 entry
Morales signed a law that increased the legal amount of land in Bolivia designated to coca farming from 12,000 hectares to 22,000 hectares, a figure which has since been exceeded
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Pau (2015).
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2014· 2 entries
That he would not attempt to alter the constitution so that he could serve a fourth term, Morales began exploring legal efforts to make a fourth term possible in 2015
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Morales became the oldest active professional soccer player in the world after signing a contract for $200 a month with Sport Boys Warnes
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2013· 1 entry
The government passed a law to combat domestic violence against women
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2012· 3 entries
John Crabtree and Ann Chaplin described the previous years of Morales' rule with the observation that: "for many—perhaps most—Bolivians, this was a period when ordinary people felt the benefits of policy in ways that had
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Bolivia withdrew from the UN 1961 Convention which had called for global criminalisation of coca, and in 2013 successfully convinced the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs to declassify coca as a narcotic
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The Brazilian magazine Veja accused Evo Morales and his then minister Juan Ramón Quintana, of providing raw material for the production of drugs that were destined for Brazil
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the Renmin University of China (2011).
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The government announced it had signed a contract with a Brazilian company to construct a highway connecting Beni to Cochabamba, which would pass through the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS)
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Sun of Peru (2010).
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It founded a Unit of Depatriarchalization to oversee this process
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A law was introduced permitting the formation of recognized indigenous territories, although the implementation of this was hampered by bureaucracy and contesting claims over ownership
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2009· 5 entries
Won Golden Key of Madrid (2009).
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Awarded Llaves de la Ciudad de Mexico (2009).
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A Vice Ministry for Decolonization was established, which proceeded to pass the 2010 Law against Racism and Discrimination banning the espousal of racist views in private or public institutions
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And 2014, he oversaw Bolivia's admission to the Bank of the South and CELAC
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His government put forward suggested reforms to the 1939 labor laws, although lengthy discussions with trade unions hampered the reforms' progress
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2008· 3 entries
To 24,178 tonnes in 2018, an overall increase of 31
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Morales stated that he would not stand for re-election in the 2014 general election
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Two years into his first term as president, he expelled the DEA from the country
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2007· 3 entries
“Moving forward, we must always go with President Evo Morales, not only do we have to speak, but we must all work [in favor of him]”
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Morales issued a presidential decree to create the Ministry of Institutional Transparency and Fight Against Corruption
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Announced that they would permit the growing of 50,000 acres of coca in the country, primarily for the purposes of domestic consumption, with each family being restricted to the growing of one cato (1600 meters squa
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2006· 2 entries
Career landmark: president of Bolivia (2006–2019).
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His administration nationalised the oil and gas sector
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2005· 1 entry
His administration implemented left-wing policies, focusing on safeguarding the legal rights and improving the socioeconomic conditions of Bolivia's indigenous majority, and reducing the influence of the United States an
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2003· 1 entry
The Bolivian gas conflict broke out as activists – including coca growers – protested against the privatization of the country's natural gas supply and its sale to U
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2002· 2 entries
Was expelled from Congress for encouraging anti-government protests, before placing second in that year's presidential election
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“was a trial against Aymara and Quechas”
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2001· 1 entry
Implying that she was 14 years old when she met Morales
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2000· 1 entry
The Tunari Waters corporation doubled the price at which they sold water to Bolivian consumers, resulting in a backlash from leftist activist groups, including the cocaleros
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1999· 13 entries
“Las depuraciones evidentemente nos han perjudicado. Hemos ganado jugando un partido con todo en contra. Le hemos ganado incluso al árbitro. En vez de depurar desde la Corte al pueblo, el pueblo debía depurar a la Corte. Si yo fuera miembro de esa Corte, sería el primero en renunciar.”
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“El pollo que comemos está cargado de hormonas femeninas. Por eso, cuando los hombres comen esos pollos, tienen desviaciones en su ser como hombres.”
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“La calvicie, que parece normal, es una enfermedad en Europa, casi todos son calvos. Y es por las cosas que comen. Mientras, en los pueblos indígenas no hay calvos, porque comemos otras cosas.”
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“Estoy muy feliz y contento por no haber ido a la Universidad.”
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“The chicken that we eat is chock-full of feminine hormones. So, when men eat these chickens, they deviate from themselves as men.”
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“Baldness that appears to be normal is a disease in Europe, almost all of them are bald, and that is because of the things they eat; while among the indigenous peoples there are no bald people, because we eat other things”
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“The OAS made a political decision, not a technical or legal one. This is a report — now I have realized from the recommendations of some leftist brothers and sisters — that the OAS is not in the service of the people of Latin America, less so the social movements. The OAS is at the service of the North American empire.”
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“Compañeros y compañeras, ya hemos ganado. [...] Decir a aymaras, quechuas, chiquitanos y guaraníes: por primera vez vamos a ser presidentes. Y quiero decirles a empresarios, profesionales intelectuales, artistas, no nos abandonen.”
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“Fuentes: Medios de comunicación españoles, como La Razón Cuando la ley se convierte en una piedra en el zapato, Libertad Digital Evo Morales confiesa que da "pasos ilegales" en Bolivia para aplicar sus reformas.”
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“Compañero revolucionario y hermano.”
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“Hay más europeos en América Latina que latinoamericanos en Europa, y jamás hemos tenido leyes para expulsarlos.”
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“Estoy seguro de que Fidel y Chávez son comandantes de las fuerzas libertarias de América para liberar a América y al mundo.”
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“La lucha del pueblo cubano, especialmente la lucha del Che Guevara, no ha sido en vano. En aquellos tiempos, en aquellos años dejaron la semilla y este es el fruto, el triunfo del pueblo boliviano.”
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1998· 1 entry
Morales led another cocalero march from El Chapare to la Paz, and came under increasing criticism from the government, who repeatedly accused him of being involved in the cocaine trade and mocked him for how he spoke and
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1996· 1 entry
Morales was appointed chairman of the Committee of the Six Federations of the Tropics of Cochabamba, a position that he retained until 2006
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1992· 1 entry
Made various international trips to champion the cocalero cause, speaking at a conference in Cuba and also traveling to Canada, during which he learned of his mother's death
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1989· 2 entries
Although a consensus in favor of its formation only emerged in 1993
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Spoke at a one-year commemoration of the Villa Tunari massacre, in which 11 coca farmers had been killed by agents of the Rural Area Mobile Patrol Unit (Unidad Móvil Policial para Áreas Rurales – UMOPAR)
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1988· 1 entry
Morales was elected to the position of Executive Secretary of the Federation of the Tropics
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1985· 1 entry
Became General Secretary of the August Second Headquarters
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1984· 1 entry
Was present at a roadblock where three campesinos were killed
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1983· 1 entry
Morales' father Dionisio died, and although he missed the funeral, he temporarily retreated from his union work to organize his father's affairs
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1982· 1 entry
The leftist Hernán Siles Zuazo and the Democratic and Popular Union (Unidad Democrática y Popular – UDP) took power in representative democratic elections, before implementing neoliberal capitalist reforms and privatizin
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1981· 1 entry
El Chapare's population was 40,000 but by 1988 it had risen to 215,000
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1980· 1 entry
The far-right General Luis García Meza had seized power in a military coup, banning other political parties and declaring himself president; for Morales, a foundational event in his relationship with politics occurred in
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1978· 1 entry
Where he started growing coca and became a trade unionist
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-10-26.
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