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

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" We are starting a process of decolonization in Bolivia. All this is bringing about change and we will continue. "

" Natural disasters in Bolivia have been getting worse with the passage of time. It's brought about by a system: the capitalist system, the unbridled industrialization of the resources of the Planet Earth. "

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" I want to stress that at no time Bolivia acts untimely or irresponsibly. "

" In 2006, I entered the presidential palace in the main square of La Paz as the first indigenous president of Bolivia. Our government, under the slogan 'Bolivia Changes,' is committed to ending the colonialism, racism and exclusion that many of our people lived under for many centuries. "

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" Globalization and the neoliberal economic model have already been rejected in Latin America; it simply hasn't been a solution for our people. At the same time, Latin countries like Venezuela and Argentina are anti-imperialist and anti-globalization, and yet their economies are growing again. "

" We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together again. Chile has agreed, for the first time, to talk about sea access for Bolivia. "

" The most important thing is the indigenous people are not vindictive by nature. We are not here to oppress anybody - but to join together and build Bolivia, with justice and equality. "

" Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded. "

" For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well. "

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" I don't debate with liars. "

" It's easy for people in an air-conditioned room to continue with the policies of destruction of Mother Earth. We need instead to put ourselves in the shoes of families in Bolivia and worldwide that lack water and food and suffer misery and hunger. "

" Globalization creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment. "

" Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not enemies. "

" I am not accustomed to protocol. "