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• Chile needs Bolivian natural resources and Bolivia needs access to the sea. Under those circumstances, it must be possible to find a solution in the interest of both countries.

  Evo Morales

  Country, Sea, Needs

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I am quite an admirer of Fidel [Castro]. For me, Fidel is the first and the best man in solidarity with the peoples of the world. Fidel shares not just what he does not need, but every little thing he has. That is called solidarity.

  Evo Morales

  Men, Doe, Needs

  Source: bigthink.com

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• The 21st of December marks the end of the time and the beginning of no-time

  Evo Morales

  December, Ends, Mark

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• In this new millennium it is more important to defend the rights of the Mother Earth to guarantee human rights.

  Evo Morales

  Mother, Rights, Important

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

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• We welcome private investment, but any company or national firm will be a partner of a venture where the result will go mainly to the Bolivian people. Of course, any investor is entitled to recover their investment and take profits. But be assured that these new functions with our partners will also be reinvested in our country for the benefit of the Bolivian people.

  Evo Morales

  Country, People, Benefits

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

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• I am not accustomed to protocol.

  Evo Morales

  Protocol, Accustomed

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• Some take advantage of natural resources to put the capital in the hands of the few, while some use these natural resources to benefit the majority, as we do in Bolivia.

  Evo Morales

  Hands, Majority, Use

  Source: bigthink.com

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• We stand for global security and so we take care of everyone's life.

  Evo Morales

  Care, Take Care, Security

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

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• To talk only about national security, national defense, means to be selfish, ambitious. It is discrimination, isolation. "It is just me. What do I care about others?"

  Evo Morales

  Selfish, Mean, Ambitious

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

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• It is a democratic uprising. I'd say a democratic revolution against imperialism and against capitalism. So the agreements between us, more than that, any cooperation means unconditional credit, while the US and some capitalist countries want to help us under conditions, under blackmail.

  Evo Morales

  Country, Mean, Agreement

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.

  Evo Morales

  Struggle, Want, Way

  "Evo Morales Has Plans for Bolivia". Interview with America Vera-Zavala, inthesetimes.com. December 18, 2005.

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• Imagine what our planet would look like with an increase in temperature of two degrees or four degrees, given that at 0.8 degrees we already have serious problems in the world.

  Evo Morales

  Two, Degrees, Looks

  "Bolivia's defiant leader sets radical tone at Cancún climate talks" by John Vidal, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2010.

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• We nationalize hydrocarbons, so now the economy is improving and the fight against poverty is also improving in Bolivia.

  Evo Morales

  Fighting, Bolivia, Poverty

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

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• There was no private property in the past. Everything was communal property. In the Indian community where I was born, everything belonged to the community. This way of life is more equitable.

  Evo Morales

  Past, Community, Way

  "'Capitalism Has Only Hurt Latin America'". Interview with Jens Glüsing, Hans Hoyng, www.spiegel.de. August 28, 2006.

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• The U.S. should be equally responsible for diminishing the cocaine market within the United States as it is in fighting the drug elsewhere.

  Evo Morales

  Fighting, Drug, United States

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• The fight against capitalism has many aspects, particularly the distinctive economic models that concentrate the capital in few hands.

  Evo Morales

  Fighting, Hands, Economic Models

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

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• Historically, foreign powers have always been the ones to keep Latin nations divided.

  Evo Morales

  Latin, Divided, Nations

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• I am Catholic but I want to say something to the Catholics. Thank you for some of the bishops who live in rural areas, and are still Catholic. These bishops of the Catholic churches still pray for the poor, and pray for their president who works for the poor, while the leaders of the Catholic Church only defend oligarchy.

  Evo Morales

  Leader, Catholic, Church

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

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• I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.

  Evo Morales

  Voice, Bolivia, Democratic

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• The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.

  Evo Morales

  Rights, Diversity, Republic

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• Playing sports has always been my greatest pleasure. I don't smoke, I hardly drink alcohol. Sports helped get me into the presidential palace. My first position in the union was that of sports secretary.

  Evo Morales

  Sports, Presidential, Alcohol

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• Politics in Bolivia must combine social consciousness with professional competency. In my administration, intellectuals from the upper class can be cabinet ministers or ambassadors, as can members of Indian ethnic groups.

  Evo Morales

  Class, Groups, Bolivia

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• 70 to 80 percent of country economy is controlled by the Bolivian state, and the other percentage by the private sector. We admit that it's legal, constitutional, that the private sector is entitled to its own economy, but to ensure these profound changes that clearly this government is promoting, including profound changes in the food industry, what we are doing is an important step.

  Evo Morales

  Country, Government, Profound

  Source: bigthink.com

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• [In Bolivia] We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together again.

  Evo Morales

  Sea, Together Again, Historical

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Secret bank accounts are for laundering dirty money. Heads of state at the UN should put an end them. That would be the best way of tracking down the drug traffickers.

  Evo Morales

  Dirty, Naughty, Drug

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