Morales sworn-in for second term

[CHIMO]

Source: Agencies

Evo Morales, Bolivia's president, has been sworn-in for a second term, vowing to further tighten state control over South America's poorest economy and develop some of the world's largest lithium reserves.

Morales, an Aymara Indian and Bolivia's first indigenous president, won a sweeping re-election victory in December due to broad support from the poor Indian majority.

"Comrades, democracy has been consolidated ... the colonial state has died and the multicultural state has been born," Morales said in his inauguration speech in the capital of La Paz on Friday.

After winning a majority in both houses of congress, the ruling party can now call for referendums to amend the constitution, and will control judicial appointments, which leaves other parties with little power to oppose Morales.



Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/01/2010123017259914.html

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[glowing]

1. I would love to move out of this country. AND if I could get my stepson out of

the country, I would. However, I can only dream of being able to move when he turns 18 or until he's old enough to disown his crazy mother.

[BunkerHill24]

2. Congratulations President Morales...keep up the good work.

on edit: K & R

[boppers]

3. Lithium is 21st century Oil.

It's gonna get complex.

[galileoreloaded]

5. You ain't just whistlin' dixie. Complex and nasty. Already BIG moves in that and Zinc(5 years left).

[a la izquierda]

4. ¡Viva!

[Doctor_J]

6. He has both houses of Congress too

hopefully he'll do better than our "leftist" :rofl: party has done.

[boppers]

10. Evo's Socialist, not Democratic

There's a bit of a difference there, which the last year has been made clear in the US, much to the chagrin of socialists who thought that Democratic Party control meant socialist control.

[New Dawn]

7. K&R

[Vidar]

8. Viva Evo!

[EFerrari]

9. Y Bolivia!

:)

[Flaneur]

11. Evo's party is the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS)

Socialism isn't dead in South America--no matter what gringo ideologues would prefer to think.

[Odin2005]

12. Viva Morales!

[David__77]

13. Congratulations comrade president!

Evo is a truly wonderful man.