Reflections by comrade Fidel: The issue of Evo
There are moments in history when a speech is required , Even when that would be as short as the "Alea jacta est" by Julius Caesar when he crossed the Rubicon. He just had to be crossed, as the defense ministers of the sovereign states of the Western Hemisphere in the city of Santa Cruz had come together, where the Yankees the secession and the disintegration of Bolivia encouraged to have that day.
It was Monday, the 21st, and the agencies devoted themselves fully to the communication of the meeting of NATO in Lisbon and comments on this, a meeting where these military establishment said in an arrogant and clumsy expression of their right, in any country to intervene in the world, where their interests would see threatened.
The fate of billions of people was completely ignored, as are the real causes of poverty and suffering of the majority of the inhabitants of the planet.
The cynicism of the NATO deserved an answer, and this was made by a Aymara-Indian from Bolivia, from the heart of South America, where a humanistic culture had flourished before the conquest, colonization, capitalist development and imperialism, the domination forced on the brute force, which was based on the power of weapons and more sophisticated technology.
Evo Morales, president of that country, elected by the vast majority of his people, has the policy that has been historically the U.S. government has done to the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, issued with irrefutable argument, information and facts for an answer, perhaps even without him the infamous document of NATO would have been already known.
by war, crime, violation of the Constitution and the laws expressed policy of violence, also through training of officers of the military facilities in conspiracies, coups and political crimes, was used to overthrow progressive governments and despotic regime to use to which they systematically political and military support and have to send the media.
Never before a speech was so opportune. By
often the expression of his Aymara language used, he set out truths that will go down in history.
I'll try the play he has said combined firm, and having to use his own words and phrases:
"Thank you!
It is to be able to welcome a great satisfaction, the defense minister and ministers of America here in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz, the home of Ignacio Warnes and Juan José Manuel Vaca, men going to since 1810 rebels and were fighting for the independence of our beloved, and Bolivia have given their lives for it.
From such men as Andrés Ibáñez and Atahuallpa Tumpa, a brother of the indigenous population, who have fought in the days of the Republic for their autonomy and for the equal rights of peoples in our country.
Welcome in Bolivia, home of Tupac Katari, home to Bartolina Sisa, from Simón Bolívar, and so many people who have for 200 years fought for the independence of Bolivia, and many countries in the Americas.
Latin America [...] seen in recent years, profound democratic changes that it is the equality and dignity would reach the people ... "
" ... came by in the footsteps of Antonio José de Sucre, Simon Bolivar and so many other indigenous, mestizo and Creole popular leader, who lived 200 years ago. "
"Exactly one week ago we celebrated the two hundredth anniversary of the army of Bolivia festive, on 14 November 1810 by indigenous peoples, mestizos, and Creoles had been organized militarily to fight the English domination ... "
" The last time Latin America has taken this decision back to us like a second liberation liberate the peoples of Latin America, in what is not social and cultural but also economic and financial.
"... on this 9th Conference of Defence Ministers, the following items on the agenda: "Gender" and multiculturalism in the armed forces, democracy, peace and security of America, natural disasters, humanitarian assistance and the role of the armed forces, an accurate real subject of study, current research is well spent, to debate the hopes not only of the peoples of Latin America but all over the world. "
" In 1985 [...] those who had only the right to be elected or to choose the leaders who had enough money, had a job and those who spoke English, an elegant English.
So that that is only less than 10 percent of the Bolivian people to participate in the election or could be elected as governors, and the rest of us, over 90 percent did not have the right [...] there are several processes take place [...] some reforms, But in 2009, for the first time the participation of the Bolivian people, a new Constitution of the Plurinational State (multi-ethnic state) adopted by the Bolivian people. "
" ... had in this new constitution, of course, the most marginalized sectors [...] no right to be elected or to elect the state power, the Government of the Republic of Bolivia.
It had to pass more than 180 years, so major changes would be made and these historically marginalized sectors in Bolivia would be involved. And I hope not to go wrong, because I believe that it is the only country - not only of America but of the world -.'s Where 50 percent of ministers are women and 50 percent men "
" Of course, apart from the Guidelines and the Constitution [...] I feel that the political decision is more important to hit must be to incorporate the most neglected sectors. Only now, after the Bolivian people in 2009 adopted constitution, have the most excluded, the most despised, like animals were considered, such as the movement of indigenous peoples, their representation in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, and also where the departments (administrative districts).
It is significant that for the indigenous movements, which no large population belongs, special wards were created so that presence of indigenous brothers and sisters of the Bolivian high plains, valleys and the East is available.
Also, the uni-nominal Electoral districts (with only one appointment) to allow the indigenous brothers and sisters, their representation in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly have to ... "
" In this way we allowed the presence of the indigenous brothers and sisters, abandoned and condemned to extinction were. "
" ... it was not before ... "
" ... when I was very young, I have as union leaders sometimes had anything against the armed forces and when I took office, I found that most of the forces from the rural communities is, especially the Valleys ... "
" I want you, our ministers and ministers say it is what it had been until now never participate. Previously only certain skin color, the hierarchical system of promotion of the company, now, a tribe, a union leader, an intellectual, an academic, a business leader, a military officer, a general, everyone will be in a democratic way President. Before, it was not to change in this way, Bolivia and our Constitution.
This conference is only democracy, security and peace, and to review the history, to review the guidelines for me is very intriguing. It is preparing to review pleasure - and not only verify the checking account - with regard to democracy in Latin America, security, peace, America or the world.
When we talk about democracy in Bolivia in the past, there was only one made a pact democracy, there was not a party, with 50 percent or more could win the elections, as the Political Constitution of the State Plurinational says ... "
"... there was in Bolivia by 2005, ie after 1952, since the decade of the 1950s, only made a pact democracies, there were parties that won with 20 percent, with 30 percent ..."
"A party that occupied the third place, could provide the President, which hung on the agreements and the distribution of ministries. This type of agreement was drawn up precisely by the Ambassador of the United States. Our fellow citizens, Bolivian brothers and sisters remember, certainly in the year 2002 when there was no winner with more than 50 percent and had reached the party with the most votes 21 percent. And there appeared Manuel Rocha, former Ambassador of the United States, and brought the neo-liberal parties, united them, was thus able to govern, and that governments were not permanent, they have not held up.
Thanks to the conscience of the Bolivian people, we overcome, fortunately, by and by this kind of democracy, now we have not made a pact democracy, but a legitimate democracy that arises from the feelings of the Bolivian people, by a thought, a feeling has accompanied that of the suffering of nations emerge, and which is based on a government program. "
" ... a program to obtain the dignity of Bolivians, a program that does the equality of the Bolivians, a program that recovers the natural resources of the country, a program that it allows the access to the basic Services is a human right ... "
" ... if some of the members of our opposition, which we just are, as in any of your countries - refer to ourselves as a totalitarian government as an authoritarian government, a dictatorial government, which for a debt I have it, but where has this government program proposed by one party more than two-thirds in the different structures of the Plurinational state, only the mayor of Santa Cruz, I was not able to reach.
We respect our mayor, they have defeated us in the election, but I greet and congratulate the Mayor him for the last week, carried out actions against the share premium, of speculation [...] My congratulations and my respect, Mr. Mayor ... "
" And some say about us that we had a unity of thinking, there is no unity of thought. Only a program that was developed by the various social sectors, the social movements of the original population and the workers at the top, can achieve this support for changing Bolivia.
But what we're on the road, struck, as we speak of democracy, to conspiracy, coup, coup attempts in 2008 was [...] who the one who articulated the coup? - The former Ambassador of the United States.
I have read in a bit of history [...] on the coup of 1946, when Lieutenant Colonel Gualberto Villarroel was president. He said that he was not as president was an enemy of the rich, but more a friend of the poor. This patriotic military personnel was the first president who has convened the Indigenous Congress.
Another President, Germán Bush has said this: I have not taken over the presidency to serve the capitalists. He belonged to the military.
The first president of the natural Resources nationalized, also a member of the military, was David Toro, I speak of the years 1937 or 38 [...] but the former military personnel was hanged in 1946, he was of them murdered in the palace. "
" ... finally focused on the offensive fired on the mass of the Palacio Quemado, on the road Illimani from was from the corner of Bolivar, the road Comercio, the police station and from the rear of the building, La Salle and the building Kersul from the location of the Consulate of the United States .
"... when he observed that the fire emanated from the building Kersul, the U.S. consulate - I about this member of the military had investigated, the first indigenous congress was given by the U.S. Consulate provided protection to the machine-gun fire, shooting at the was to the life of a military to end. The documents are available here, we have looked up to.
... history repeats itself, I had to offer the forehead, which organized an ambassador was planning to destroy anti-democratic way to my government and I feel that the repeated around the world.
But a comrade, one of our fellow citizens, victims of so many coups have been that he says to me the following: President Evo, you have to beware of the Embassy of the United States in eight. There have always been coups in Latin America, and it has therefore only been no coup in the United States because there is no Embassy of the United States there are, I've only really realized that I have not heard of coups in history.
... the countries that we suffer coup attempts since 2002, Venezuela, 2008 Bolivia, 2009 Honduras, 2010 Ecuador, and we have to recognize Latin American citizens or citizens of America that the United States defeated us in Honduras consolidated, the coup, the U.S. empire has defeated us, but we peoples of the Americas in Venezuela, Bolivia, in Ecuador win [...] what will happen in the future, we will see it in the future. "
" ... this internal evaluation must be a thorough debate of the defense ministers to democracies to protect [...] my ancestors, my people are constantly victims of coups have been in bloody coups, not because the military wanted the forces to have, but due to internal and external political decisions, revolutionary governments to turn the people emerged governments destroyed, that is the history of Latin America. "
" ... we have a right to us to rethink the way to ensure democracy in any country, but without coups or coup attempts.
It is our hope that this Conference of Defence and Interior Ministers hedges a true democracy of nations, and in this respect the differences that exist in our region to region and from sector to sector.
But when we speak of peace, I ask myself, how can there be peace when there are military bases. And that, I can also speak with some knowledge because I've been victims of the military bases of the United States, under the pretext of the fight against drug trafficking. I
As a soldier, was an ordinary soldier of the armed forces in 1978, show me the officers and noncommissioned officers to defend the country, and taught me that the armed forces are there to defend the fatherland, and that allow the armed forces can not think any uniformed and armed foreign military personnel in Bolivia can be. "
" ... when I became union leaders, finally, I have personally witnessed as a witness, that not only the DEA, uniformed and armed, the armed forces led or the local police, but with their machine guns on the pretext of the fight against drug trafficking, social movements followed, with their light aircraft from the Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Oruro, followed by late march. And they could not even find us with their light aircraft and spoke of spirits marches. Ghost marches? These reached a participation of thousands of comrades who raised their demands and called for dignity and sovereignty for our peoples. "
" ... I am convinced that if we, the peoples fighting for our dignity, our sovereignty is, then neither with military bases still happen through military intervention. All, however small, we are also so-called underdeveloped countries have in development countries, dignity, Sovereignty. Besides all this we have tried to achieve when I was a member, that I should vote for immunity for officials from the U.S. Embassy.
What does the immunity? This means that the officials of the U.S. Embassy, including the U.S. DEA, in case they commit a crime can not be made on the basis of the Bolivian laws in court. This was a passport to commit murder, for wounding, as they have done in my area. "
" ... peace is legitimate daughter of equality, dignity, which means social justice. If there is no dignity, when there is no equality when there is no social justice, then securing the peace is impossible. Where should they come? For there are people who rise up because there is an injustice. "
" ... and we heard our Secretary General of the United Nations on the doctrines. The doctrines that we know in Bolivia, an anti-communist doctrine that there were coups, to intervene militarily to the mining centers, because the social movements, the mining centers of great revolutionaries were to change Bolivia.
In the 1950s and 1960s, we were union leaders of the mining area as communists, as Red alleged to banish us to let us banish abroad, enable us to take to court up to massacres. That time is over. At this point we can have no more blame than red or communist, we all have the right to think otherwise.
is when a country, a region the solution of communism, well, for another of socialism, well, for another, capitalism, well, that's a democratic decision of each country.
But now that we have won this fight already, and they can not use an anti-communist doctrine as justification to bring the people into silence, to replace President, to replace governments, appears another doctrine, the fight against drugs.
Of course it is the duty of all to combat the drugs [...] Bolivia is not the culture of drugs, Bolivia is not the culture of cocaine. But where does the cocaine? It arises because of the market of developed countries that is not responsibility of our government, but we are obliged to combat it. "
" ... in the context of the struggle against drug trafficking can be no geopolitical interests, under the pretext of the fight to satanisieren against drug trafficking, social movements try to try to criminalize, intend to use the equate coca leaf to cocaine, the coca-leaf farmers with the drug dealers, or the legal consumption of coca leaves with the addict.
Why did they not sooner, since the last century, the fight coca, coca when the harm? The Europeans were the first large land owners who moved out of the coca leaf profit, certainly did not lost since the cocaine.
The U.S. government then issued a certificate of recognition to the best producers of the coca bush, why that? This could keep this producer the coca bush and give the coca leaf to the minors that break down the tin, and thus the United States later this tin in the United States could carry out.
... the world know you know that the so-called war on drugs has failed. This type of policy must be changed, and what will eventually be the new policy? For example, an end to banking secrecy, or if this major drug dealer, this fat fish such as drug trafficking money in his backpack, in case the road? Or so he flies the plane? No, the money circulates in the banks. Why can they not pick this bank secrecy in order to make the drugs destroy and control those drug dealers?
defends Why not every country against the entry of drugs of any kind in its area? In this existing technology and the radars? In my opinion, could the ability to control his place and we are not able to control it. Can be introduced not only under the pretext of the fight against drug trafficking control policies, and especially not intended to achieve the recovery of natural resources to transnational companies "
" ... the former U.S. Ambassador Manuel Rocha said. 'Vote not for Evo Morales, he is the Bin Laden of the Andes, the coca growers and the Taliban. "
That is, defense minister and interior minister love, take under this kind of doctrine They are now using the Bin Laden of the Andes, and with my comrades of the social movements, ie with the Taliban. Such are the accusations, sometimes distorted. "
" ... now where these anti-communist and anti-terrorist theories and doctrines can not be maintained, we have heard a few days ago a new doctrine, and now I want to take this opportunity to my people by to inform the media about it.
On 17 November have met some Latin American and U.S. delegates to the forum in the United States, where were the headlines the following: the danger of the Andes, the threats to democracy, human rights and the Inter-American Security.
... The Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said: 'In recent years we have observed with concern the efforts of some of these people in the region, such as Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Evo Morales in Bolivia, Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua and Rafael Correa in Ecuador who want to consolidate their power absolutely necessary at any price. The members of ALBA are under the direction of Hugo Chavez is manipulating the democratic systems of their countries to serve their autocratic interests. 'We should
these delegates say that we are not elections, have won in the United States, with a difference of one or two percent, we have won with more than 50 or more than 60 percent, and in some regions with more than 80 percent. This is the real democracy.
'What's in the agenda of Daniel Ortega? The coca agenda was driven by Evo Morales. This is a new alliance with Iran and Russia. In the case of Rafael Correa, the dubious constitutional reforms are anti-American claims. "
... Bolivia under my leadership will conclude agreements and alliances with the world, no one can stop me. We have this right, we are the culture of dialogue. "
" ... without a stable democratic partner, there is no security or regional security the United States. More than ever, it is now time to support the weakening in the United States their enemy or should be. Now, the Organization of American States to absolve from their heritage of the double standard, and finally demand that Member States respect all the main principles and commitments of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, maybe you should revise this Charter.
deputies from the second (He talks about Connie Mack and then explains his ideas in these words) I have everything here, he has been told. But to gain time, I'll try to summarize, he signed it and says: I will now six over the last few observations Years as a deputy to speak, as I have observed two governments: the Republican administration and the democratic government.
my opinion, that the line between the two governments to Hugo Chavez - are we to do nothing, we will sit and wait until everything by itself (implodes). And the other way of thinking is that Hugo Chavez is crazy, perhaps. And then he says the following: I agree with none of these ideas, I do not think that Hugo Chavez is crazy, and I do not think the concept of him (implode) to let work. Hugo Chávez is a threat to freedom and democracy in Latin America and throughout the The world. "
" ... this is what worries me most. I expect you as chairman of the subcommittee, that as long as we are the majority of the next Congress will not soon be doing exactly that:. Take care of Chávez, he must be defeated politically or detonated physically "
then said Evo:
"I would say that this member Connie Mack has a confessed murderer of his comrade and brother Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela or a confessed conspirators against him.
If the physical integrity of Hugo Chávez something happens, this U.S. Rep. the sole responsible party. He said it openly and it is written down in the media and in the minutes of his speech. "
" comrade, brother, Secretary General of the OAS, you have to, ie expel Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia, and he said later that Nicaragua also is to be ejected, and one should apply sanctions. What does this mean? Certainly there is an economic blockade, as in the case of Cuba. "
" I think about it was when he was talking about sanctions. Finally, one must ask: how can some American countries to ensure security and peace, if the statements of some deputies and some Latin Americans are?
the reasons I was looking for, why Cuba was expelled in 1962. There, is that Cuba was expelled from the OAS, because it was Leninist, Marxist and communist. Now the new doctrine, a doctrine against the alliance ALBA. In the ALBA we are organized, we welcome Fidel, we welcome Chávez, and other presidents. ALBA is an integration and instrument of solidarity, a solidarity without any conditions, showing how you can divide rather than to make itself competitive, how to apply Komplementaritätspolitik instead of a competition policy.
... Surrounded by this competitive spirit only a few small groups and do not enrich the majorities who expect something from their president.
midst of this competition policy guidelines, which are not complementary, capitalism is not even a solution to capitalism, which is the financial crisis.
... the new doctrine is like the former doctrine of the Panama school when the Southern Command trained our military. Thanks to the struggle of our peoples that's over and now there is no longer the American school. What else is there? Joint operations by special forces. "
" ... I admire some of my officers, armed forces, the details of this military Exercises have information that will be conducted annually alternately in different countries of America. Why? To show them how they can destroy this revolutionary countries, countries are making the profound democratic transformations. It is as much as exercises to practice the snipers or to show them how to kill the leaders.
"... with great indignation, I have some pictures of this common view of the special operations forces, which take place gradually in various fields. Of course it takes Bolivia no longer participate. And as long as I am the President, Bolivia is in this type of joint Operations never take part in violation of democracy.
... For the indigenous movement can [...] 'live without man but man can not without destroying the planet or without the "Pacha Mama" of this planet, or Mother Earth, Pacha Mama live. "
" ... capitalism is not a Meaning of private property, sometimes you try to confuse people and it is said that President Evo represents the capitalism. It will deprive us of our homes and our cars, no, that private property is guaranteed. "
" ... the new constitution provides for a diverse economy and this varied Economic guarantees private property and the municipal and state property, which all social sectors, but when we talk about capitalism, we talk about the irrational, irresponsible and unlimited development "
" Our comrades are no more water in the Amazon.. If we drill anywhere, we find the water in ever deeper bouts and less and less water, and if we do not have water because of the drought can not guarantee because of global warming, then we must leave this family to their fate, and there are thousands, millions of people in the world. They are called climate migrants.
We are not with the armed forces Resolve that we will not be solved by the Defence, not even with the cooperation. It is a global structural issue. "
" ... we would like here in the short run and find a solution in the medium term. The best solution for the end of natural disasters, the abolition of capitalism and the change in the policy guidelines of an excessive industrialization.
course, do all industrialized countries, the industrialization of life and for the people, but not an industrialization that destroyed the lives and the people. There are doctrines that preach the war and support. There are nations or states, living from the war. This must stop, and if we need to stop, it means the large arms industry put an end to the destruction of life. "
'know ... I know that many ministers bring here the message of their president, their governments, their peoples but we need to live and act for the stewardship and responsible means toward life be responsible to the planet from above or to the mother earth 'Pachamama' be, it means to respect the rights of the mother earth "
" ... hopefully can. America, with your help, Defense interior and ministers, are key factors in securing the rights of mother earth for human rights, life, protect the human race not only in America but also throughout the world. I have the feeling that we have under these circumstances, a huge responsibility.
I would welcome the participation of our armed forces, and also I wanted to be honest with you. When I was president in 2005, have started up in 2006, I had a lot of fear, fear that the armed forces would be in this process by my side, or I would not join. "
" ... the armed forces of social work and participate in structural changes, recover the mines to support the policy of recovering natural resources, are now loved by the Bolivian people. "
" ... the people feel that it has armed forces that are there for the people. Fortunately, we now have a multinational state, two important structures, the social movements that defend the natural resources of the State and the armed forces that defend the natural resources of the state. And if we look back to 1810, we naturally see that the armed forces since its creation of their natural resources, identity, defended the sovereignty of our peoples. There were only certain times in which our armed forces have been used improperly. It is the commanders not to blame, but that happened because of oligarchic interests that the people are strangers and who have hurt us obviously much. "
" ... through the imposition of such a policy directives coming from above and outside, by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank were, privatization, foreign domination of the state enterprises. "
" ... of the profits was only [...] left 18 percent of Bolivians and 82 percent for the transnational Companies.
... And at first May 2006, we decided by the highest adoption of the following: first, the state control over natural resources to give, and secondly, that we are convinced that investors have the right to recover their investments, and also have the right to profits get, and we said that they get 18 percent gains, and recover their investment, so I have proved the experts, and from 1 May 2006, 82 percent of Bolivians and 18 percent for the investing companies. This is nationalization by respecting their investments. "
Evo ended his speech with irrefutable Figures on the economic results achieved by the Revolution.
"Earlier in the year 2005, the gross domestic product 9 billion dollars in 2010, we have reached 18.5 billion U.S. dollars gross domestic product.
... with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the average annual income $ 1000 per person [...], in our government it is 1 $ 900. "
" ... in 2005, Bolivia is the second last country in regard to international resources Now we have improved. How much money was to Bolivia international reserves? $ 1.7 billion. This year we have 9.3 billion U.S. dollars ... "
"When we were dependent on U.S. government, we could not eradicate illiteracy once. Thanks to the unconditional cooperation, especially Cuba and Venezuela, we have declared two years ago, Bolivia to a free area of illiteracy, after almost 200 years.
To what Cuba is asking us in exchange for this cooperation? About nothing. This is solidarity, the little that we share and not what remains for us. I have learned from Comrade Fidel, whom I admire very much. "Out of sheer modesty
talked Evo does not have the colossal progress achieved by the Bolivian people in health care. Alone in the field of ophthalmology were about 500,000 Bolivians eye surgery. The health services reach all Bolivians and about 5,000 specialists in Comprehensive General Medicine are trained and will soon get its title. This Latin American country brother has overly many reasons to be proud of.
Evo concluded as follows:
"... Without the International Monetary Fund, that is, without it imposes economic policy guidelines and the privatization auctions, we may regard democracy be much better. If we are independent of the United States, we are improving our democracy in Latin America. This is the result those five years my work as president. "
" Of course I would like to hereby cooperation, Bolivia does not refuse. Bolivia still needs international loans, international cooperation - I salute the countries who work from Europe and from Latin America - credit facilities because we are engaged in a process of profound changes ... "
" ... the people should have the right to self- to decide its democracy, its security. But remaining on some pretext interventionist attitudes have [...] we will certainly take a long time, the Free peoples. But sooner or later the people will rise up again, as we see now. "
" That's why I'm convinced from rebellion to revolution and revolution to Entkolonisation ... "
After the speech, Evo, just under 48 hours later, the talk of Chavez as a bolt is stamped. The lights illuminated the sky of the rebellion of Our America.
Fidel Castro Ruz
24th November 2010 19:36
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