Our fight is for there to never again be an American base in Bolivia, the United States was the owner of Bolivia. Our struggle has always been to recover our homeland and dignity.

Evo Morales

Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959), popularly known as Evo (Spanish pronunciation: [?e?o]), is a Bolivian politician and cocalero activist who has served as President of Bolivia since 2006. Widely regarded as the country's first president to come from the indigenous population, his administration has focused on the implementation of leftist policies, poverty reduction, and combating the influence of the United States and multinational corporations in the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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