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Evo Morales condemns US interference
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia
Petroleumworld.com 10 15 07
Bolivian President Evo Morales lashed out at US interference in his country’s domestic affairs including so-called cooperation aimed at sponsoring groups that are against the current process of change taking place in Bolivia.During the closing of the Encounter for the World Indigenous Peoples’ Historic Victory, President Morales made reference to recent investigations that revealed the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing funding to neoliberal political parties in Bolivia.
Speaking to an audience of thousands of farmers and indigenous people who had gathered in Cochabamba, the Bolivian leader also criticized the Bush administration for the continuous bad treatment received by Bolivian officials when traveling to the United States.
“Our development does not depend on the United States,” said Morales who contrasted US “cooperation” with the disinterested collaboration of other countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina and China.
Among the proposals put forward by the forum was the need to listen to the “indigenous cultures of peace and life” as the only alternatives for preserving nature, declaring October 12 as the “Beginning day for the struggle to save planet earth” and the announcement of the Fourth Continental Summit to be held in 2008 on the borders of Bolivia and Chile.
Story by Charly Morales Valido from PL 15 10 07
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