Difference between revisions of "Evo Morales"
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Morales sued Chile in the International Justice Court to obligate Chile to negotiate territorial transfer, however he lost. | Morales sued Chile in the International Justice Court to obligate Chile to negotiate territorial transfer, however he lost. | ||
| − | After mass protests over his disputed and even unconstitutional (violation of term limits) presidential re-election in October 2019 and a quasi-ultimatum form the heads of the armed fores and the police, he stepped down on Sunday, November 10th.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/bolivia-president-evo-morales-resigns-election-fraud-allegations Bolivia's socialist President Evo Morales resigns amid election fraud allegations]</ref><ref>[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/11/world/politics-diplomacy-world/crisis-bolivia-deepens-military-asks-morales-resign-even-calls-new-elections/#.XcnEu3sxncs Bolivia's Morales resigns amid allegations of election fraud, military pressure]</ref> | + | After mass protests over his disputed and even unconstitutional (violation of term limits) presidential re-election in October 2019 and a quasi-ultimatum form the heads of the armed fores and the police, he stepped down on Sunday, November 10th.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/bolivia-president-evo-morales-resigns-election-fraud-allegations Bolivia's socialist President Evo Morales resigns amid election fraud allegations]</ref><ref>[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/11/world/politics-diplomacy-world/crisis-bolivia-deepens-military-asks-morales-resign-even-calls-new-elections/#.XcnEu3sxncs Bolivia's Morales resigns amid allegations of election fraud, military pressure]</ref> He received political asylum in Mexico.<ref>Multiple references: |
| + | *Otis, John (November 11, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/bolivians-celebrate-or-protest-after-president-resigns-11573488650 Bolivia’s Former President Accepts Asylum Offer, Heads for Mexico]. ''The Wall Street Journal]. Retrieved November 11, 2019. | ||
| + | *Sorace, Stephen; Arroyo, Mike (November 11, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/bolivia-president-evo-morales-mexico-police-supporters Bolivia ex-president Evo Morales says he's headed to Mexico as supporters clash with police, barricade roads]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2019.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 03:46, November 12, 2019
Evo Morales (born 1959) was the president of Bolivia from January 2006 until November 2019. He has been Bolivia's first indigenous president, and is the leader of the Movement for Socialism (Spanish acronym MAS, for Movimiento al Socialismo) party.
In December 2009 Morales won a second term by a landslide, with 64% of the vote,[1] while MAS won a two-thirds majority in Congress. This result allowed him to implement a new constitution granting new rights to indigenous peoples and to strengthen state control over the economy, which conservatives have denounced as socialism similar to that of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.[2]
In his tenure Morales nationalized energy companies, mining corporations, and telecommunication firms, that has lead into a big deficit. His economical policy is based on the politics of Cuba and Venezuela.[3]
Morales supports child labor.[4]
He is strongly in favor of the Indigenism ideology, even renaming the official Bolivia's name to "Plurinational State of Bolivia" and using an indigenous flag along the national one.
Evo Morales demands that Chile cedes part of its territory to Bolivia to have direct sea access since his country lost the War of the Pacific. Bolivia has a lot of royalties in the Chilean ports according to the 1904 Treaty which give Bolivia free transit and free port rights.
Morales sued Chile in the International Justice Court to obligate Chile to negotiate territorial transfer, however he lost.
After mass protests over his disputed and even unconstitutional (violation of term limits) presidential re-election in October 2019 and a quasi-ultimatum form the heads of the armed fores and the police, he stepped down on Sunday, November 10th.[5][6] He received political asylum in Mexico.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.cne.org.bo/PadronBiometrico/COMUNICACION/ACTADECOMPUTONACIONALGENERALES2009.pdf
- ↑ see '"Economist report
- ↑ http://www.frontpagemag.com/2009/claude-cartaginese/kill-capitalism-and-save-the-earth-the-world-according-to-evo-morales/
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/12/24/Bolivian-President-Endorses-Child-Labor-It-Gives-You-Greater-Social-Conscience
- ↑ Bolivia's socialist President Evo Morales resigns amid election fraud allegations
- ↑ Bolivia's Morales resigns amid allegations of election fraud, military pressure
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Otis, John (November 11, 2019). Bolivia’s Former President Accepts Asylum Offer, Heads for Mexico. The Wall Street Journal]. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- Sorace, Stephen; Arroyo, Mike (November 11, 2019). Bolivia ex-president Evo Morales says he's headed to Mexico as supporters clash with police, barricade roads. Fox News. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
