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Leonardo Boff Theologian-Philosopher Earthcharter Commission Modern Constitutions are grounded in an anthropocentric social contract. They do not include the natural contract; the accord and reciprocity that must exist between human beings and the living Earth, that provides us with everything and whom in reciprocity we care for and preserve. For that reason it would be natural to recognize … Continue reading
Morales has made other important policy announcements on May Day in the past, like nationalizing Bolivia’s oil and gas industry. This is not the first time tensions have run high with the US. By Sara Shahriari, Correspondent / May 1, 2013 Bolivia’s President Evo Morales sings his national anthem during the annual May Day march in La Paz, … Continue reading
Quinoa: To Buy or Not to Buy… Is This the Right Question? by Tanya Kerssen We’ve been hearing a lot about quinoa lately. While US consumers prize it as a delicious ‘super-food,’ there is growing anxiety about the impact of the quinoa boom in the Andes, and particularly Bolivia, the world’s top producing country. The … Continue reading
Evo Morales: Ten commandments against capitalism, for life and humanity “Our vision of the Communitarian Socialism of Living Well is based on rights and not on the market. It is based on the full realization of human happiness of peoples and populations, through the full complementarity of the rights of peoples, persons, states and Mother … Continue reading
Bolivia at UN talks: The climate is not for sale! “We did not come here to turn the climate into a business, or to protect businesses of them who want to continue aggravating the climate crisis, destroying Mother Earth. We came here to protect the future of humanity.” Statement by Jose Antonio Zamora Gutierrez, Minister … Continue reading
Bolivia defends Mother Earth from the threat of carbon markets Statement by the Plurinational State of Bolivia At the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is being held in Doha-Qatar November 26-December 7, the Bolivian delegation has reaffirmed its rejection of the use … Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER, 2012 Behind Bolivia’s nationalization of Canadian mine For the Financial Post, the actions of the Bolivian government in nationalizing a Canadian mine this summer, confirmed the country’s status as an “outlaw nation” (Grace, 2012). But for less biased observers, the reality was a little different. Responding to pressure from local indigenous communities … Continue reading
the Agencia Boliviana de Información (ABI) July 10, 2012. Translated by Bolivia Rising President Evo Morales applauded on Tuesday the agreement struck with indigenous peoples from the mining town of Mallku Khota, in the north of Potosi, because it assures the state will be able to continue recuperating natural resources to benefit the Bolivian people. … Continue reading
Discurso de Evo Morales Ayma, Presidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Plenaria de la Conferencia de Naciones Unidas sobre Desarrollo Sostenible Rio+20 Rio de Janeiro, 21 de junio de 2012 LA ECONOMÍA VERDE ES EL NUEVO COLONIALISMO PARA SOMETER A NUESTROS PUEBLOS Saludando a todos los presentes y a los pueblos del mundo, el Presidente … Continue reading
Statement by the Bolivian Climate Change Platform Rio de Janeiro, 20 June 2012. A warning from civil society to governments that the agreement consolidates the “green economy” and false solutions. We reject the document “The future we want” that has been approved initially and is about to be ratified by heads of state of member … Continue reading
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