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7 unusual facts about Evo Morales


Antonov An-148

The Russian ambassador in Bolivia and the government of Evo Morales are negotiating the acquisition of one plane of this type for the use as the presidential carrier and other 8 for the state-owned airlines: Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) and Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM).

Integrated Risk Management Services

Rózsa-Flores was suspected of attempting to subvert the government of Evo Morales.

José Milton Melgar

In 2006, he was appointed by the Bolivian Government under President Evo Morales as Minister of Sports, but he resigned a year later.

May 24, 2008 violence in Sucre

The events arose from an announced visit from Bolivian President Evo Morales, during which he was scheduled to preside over the donation of amubulances to rural municipalities of Chuquisaca, the department of which Sucre is the capital.

Orinoca

The village of Isallawi in the Orinoca District is the birthplace of Evo Morales, Bolivia's President.

Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, 2008

The vote resulted from strains between the Prefecture of Santa Cruz and President Evo Morales.

TBI plc

In 2013, the Bolivian government led by Evo Morales nationalized the airports the company owned in Bolivia, through its subsidiary Sabsa (the three biggest airports in the country: El Alto International Airport, Jorge Wilstermann International Airport and Viru Viru International Airport).


Aleph Institute

Jacob Ostreicher credited the institute with helping to gain his freedom through contacting actor Sean Penn, who made a direct appeal to Bolivian President Evo Morales.

Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples

The Cochabamba peasant leader Alejo Véliz became the main leader of ASP with Evo Morales in second position.

Brazilians in Bolivia

Thousands of Brazilians who live on Bolivian territory near the border with Brazil are suffering the threat of banishment because Bolivian President Evo Morales, under the claim of guaranteeing his country sovereignty, wants to settle four thousand peasant families from La Paz and Cochabamba, onto 200 thousand hectares located in the bordering region.

Democratic mundialization

The current President of Bolivia Evo Morales and the Bolivian UN Ambassador Pablo Solón Romero have demanded a democratisation of the UN on many occasions.

Manfred Reyes Villa

A large uprising, Evo Morales and his government occurred in Cochabamba early 2007 with thousands of supporters of the President Evo Morales in Cochabamba demanding Villa's resignation.

Media Luna

The Media Luna (half moon) or Media Luna Ampliada (extended half-moon) refers to a group of four departments – Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, and Tarija – in Bolivia which became the geographic area of opposition to the national government led by Evo Morales and the Movement for Socialism (MAS).

Osvaldo Peredo

In 1997 Peredo joined Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples and activitely worked for the election of Evo Morales.


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Foreign policy of Evo Morales

December 30, 2005: Evo Morales visits Cuba after celebrating his democratic victory in his base town of Orinoca.

Manfred Reyes Villa

He was also elected as the first Governor of Cochabamba, Bolivia, and served from 2006 until 2008 when he was unconstitutionaly revocated By Evo Morales through a series of violent riots.

Seumas Milne

Milne described the restoration of the sight of Mario Terán, the former Bolivian sergeant who killed Che Guevara, by Cuban doctors "paid for by revolutionary Venezuela in the radicalised Bolivia of Evo Morales", one of "1.4 million free eye operations carried out by Cuban doctors in 33 countries across Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa", as "an emblem both of the humanity of Fidel Castro and Guevara's legacy" and the transformation of Latin America.