[toeslist] Evo Morales: "This is not the socialism of a,	leftist. It's the socialism of humanity."
 
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:50:10 -0600 (CST)

Evo Morales: "This is not the socialism of a leftist. It's the socialism 
of humanity."

Morales Says Rich Nations Must Pay

Frank Bajak

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP)  The world's richest nations must be made to pay 
for the damage their profligate use of natural resources has caused in 
Bolivia and other developing countries, President Evo Morales said Friday.

"It's not possible that some in the industrialized world live very well 
economically while affecting, even destroying others," he told The 
Associated Press in an interview.

The first indigenous president of this country  whose rapidly melting 
glaciers scientists count among the most profound signs of global 
warming  said he and other Latin American leaders were exploring 
possible legal means for demanding compensation for the developed 
world's "ecological debt."

[snip]

After winning the presidency in December 2005 with 54 percent of the 
vote, Morales has increased Bolivia's annual natural gas revenues from 
$300 million to $2 billion a year by exerting greater state control of 
the industry.

He has nationalized a tin smelter, most of Bolivia's largest tin mine 
and the country's railroads, and government officials have suggested 
they intend to move to nationalize electric utilities.

His government this year completed the re-nationalization of water 
companies, a demand sparked by widespread popular protests. It is 
currently negotiating the re-nationalization of the country's main 
telecommunications company, Entel, which is owned by Telecom Italia SpA.

"It's communication. You want to communicate, right?" Morales said. 
"It's a basic service. It's a human right."

[snip]

Asked if his vision of socialism follows the Chavez mold, Morales said 
the communal structure of Bolivia's indigenous societies and their "way 
of living in harmony with Mother Earth" set South America's poorest 
country on a different road.

"This is not the socialism of a leftist. It's the socialism of humanity."

[snip]

Expanding on public remarks last month in which he expressed his desire 
that all U.S. military personnel leave Bolivia, Morales said he wants 
all armed foreign troops out.

He said the only Venezuelan soldiers in the country are unarmed pilots 
who fly him around in loaned helicopters.

"As far as I know, the only armed soldiers I've seen are those from the 
United States," he said.

full article at 
http://boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/11/morales-says-rich-nations-must-pay.html