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Evo Morales
Extended Interviews with Bolivia’s first indigenous President.
Evo Morales made history when he became Bolivia’s first indigenous leader. At his inauguration, he declared the end of Bolivia’s colonial and neo-liberal era. Since then he has moved to nationalize parts of the country’s vast energy reserves and strengthen Bolivia’s ties to Venezuela and Cuba.
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Highlights from 2006 interview:
- Morales calls for the U.S. to extradite former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada to face trial for killing over 100 people. " A government that says it fights against terrorism, for human rights, against corruption, it’s not conceivable that this person would still be here [in the United States]," Morales said.
- Morales calls on oil companies to be partners not bosses. “The investor has the right to recuperate their investment and to a reasonable profit,” Morales said. “But we can’t allow for the sacking of the country and only the companies benefiting, not the people.”
- Morales reveals for the first time how Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pressured Morales over his plan to nationalize Bolivia’s energy resources. “I was attacked. Lula was rough with me,” Morales said.
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