The following concerns Bolivia, the landlocked heart of South America. On a recent trip through La Paz and across the Altiplano, I encountered many blue spray-painted slogans reading "Aun con Evo hay hambre" or "Even with Evo there's hunger." As a self-styled man of the people (like Chávez), I assumed a more or less blanket support from the rural areas. Apparently he holds less sway in the far north, Pando and Beni, as well as the east and south, Santa Cruz and Tarija.
from: http://www.radiofides.com/ This is one of three national papers.
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Evo received the Constitution aimed at the Cruceños: "Autonomy does not mean the division of Bolivia"
La Paz, Dec.15, 2007
President Evo Morales referred to the events in Santa Cruz while receiving the new Political Constitution of the State. [Santa Cruz adopted itself as an autonomous region] He remarked that this constitution will guarantee a true automony for Bolivia, rather than the division of the country. At this event, the president handed the document over to the Bolivian people for their consideration.
"We guarantee our constituents their respective autonomy. Yet I want them to listen: autonomy is not a divided Bolivia, autonomy is not the separation of Bolivia, autonomy is not the carving up of eduction, the Police and especially not the Armed Forces" Evo Morales commented on the Autonomous Statute four states presented today [Pando, Benri, Santa Cruz and Tarija].
During his speech, Evo offered thanks for his constituents' work. He especially thanked those who recently fulfilled their mission for the country, approving the new Political Constitution of the State. This passed despite racial, political and civic threats from the oposition.
During the ceremony, the Vice President Álvaro García Linera and the Constituent Assembly President Silvia Lazarte both affirmed that the "mission has been fulfilled." From now, the people will be the key factor in a new Magna Carta "for all Bolivians."
12.16.2007 3:03 AM
All mistakes are mine. My grammar needs work. Be brutal.
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