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TeleSURtv - Interview with Evo Morales - 22/02 / 2010

TeleSURtv Interview with Evo Morales - 22/02/2010
Length: 30 min



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The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, said that "where the United States (U.S.) there is no liberation of our people" and therefore supported the creation of a new regional organization that will dignify and Latin American nations Caribbean, after ruling that they "can not remain the backyard of the North American country.
remarked that "Organzación fed American States (OAS) will dying, and now in its last throes, but much depends on the presidents of Latin America and the Caribbean. "
" Remember last year's Summit of the Americas, President Obama said no senior partners and junior partners yet send troops, strengthen military bases, new military bases in Latin America and that is why it is so important to a new OAS without the U.S., "he said.
" I feel first that the Rio Group will disappear " Morales estimated, to make way for this new institution. But he insisted that this fact "much depends on how the new organization to accelerate free of imperialism American. "
Morales, referring to the governments of the continent that still support hegemonic and exclusionary policies, said that" need to know (that) the United States where there is no development for those countries where the United States there liberation of our peoples. "
" Here we have the example of Honduras where the U.S. military bases, democracy is not respected ", he added.
In an exclusive interview with Telesur from Mexico, the president admitted that is an arduous process so that "America is respected by the United States," but emphasized "With the unit, program proposals and logical but also talks of claims for our peoples", the goal is getting closer.
In this regard, he stressed his country's experience when he decided to break away from financial institutions and U.S. security.
"Bolivia without America, without the International Monetary Fund, we are better than before we were with the U.S., the IMF and the neoliberal governments, it is important to liberate but solidarity is important in the context of complementarity to ensure the liberation processes in Latin America " said.
In September 2008, President Morales decided to expel the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), accusing it of espionage activities against his government.
withdraw the country then determined the U.S. ambassador Philip Goldberg, after denouncing conspiracy and interference in domestic politics. The United States responded and decided in late 2008 to suspend Bolivia from the benefits of the Andean Trade Preference Act of 1974 (known by the acronym ATPDEA).
permitiía The ATPDEA for Bolivia will sell to U.S. manufacturers for about $ 65 million per year tax free.
The dignitary Evo Morales said Tuesday December 29 Pasdar Bolivia, "with dignity" has already resolved the loss of the ATPDEA and production that is exported to the U.S. have preferential markets in Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil.
"Now we sell more to Venezuela than the U.S., even with tariff preferences, and these negotiations will continue not only in America but around the world to have our products in the international market," he said.

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