In Bolivia, 15,000 people gathered in La Paz on Monday to mark Evo Morales’ first year as president. Earlier in the day, Morales addressed the Bolivian Congress.

Evo Morales: “To get this far into the government — and from here we can establish a completely different state — after more than 500 years of exclusion, submission, scorn, hate — to arrive here, as we have said before, from the protests to the proposals.”

Evo Morales vowed to increase state control over natural resources, including the country’s mining industry.