“We have recovered democracy without violence”: Evo in Bolivia

Former President Evo Morales gave his first speech in the city of Villazón.

The former president of Bolivia and leader of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS), Evo Morales, expressed in his first speech in the city of Villazón, Bolivia, after returning to his country from exile on Monday 9 November, that “we recovered democracy without violence. We have recovered the homeland ”.

During the massive reception ceremony held in Plaza Bolívar in the city on the border with Argentina, in the department of Potosí, Morales described the moment as historic.

“In the world there are blows to revolutionary and anti-imperialist governments that do not quickly recover democracy and government for the people”, added and according to Telesur.

The MAS leader commented on the reasons for the November 2019 coup.

“The coup is not just a product of the class struggle, it’s not just because they don’t accept indigenous people to rule, it was a big blow to our economic model, because our economic model comes from the people,” he said. Morales.

Morales said the coup was against his government’s action to recover natural resources. “Imperialism or the IMF don’t accept it,” the former president said.

“The empire, the Fund, do not accept it. The struggle of all humanity in the new generations is whose natural resources are (…). When empires want to extract our natural resources, they divide us, they dominate us. In Bolivia, the united social movements have decided that they should be Bolivians under state administration, “he added.

Next, the MAS leader analyzed the importance of the electoral and political struggle. “Only with trade union, community, social power, we could not nationalize. It was important to increase political power, go to national elections and move from organic struggle to political struggle ”, he specified in his speech.

The former Bolivian president thanked the massive reception of the population of Villazón and sent a greeting to the inhabitants of Argentina, Alberto Fernández; from Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador; from Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro; from Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel and “to all those who were constantly worried and busy” about their situation.