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Marzo 13, 2005
Calling the President Racist
Thanks to this blog by a Bolivian living in Spain, I read an interview with President Mesa in the newspaper El País, which touches on Evo Morales criticisms and using the race card to highlight why Mesa will not side with him.
EP: Evo constantly speaks as if you were against the indigenous.
CM: I will make a categorical and undeniable statement. I, as President, as Vice-President, as journalist, as historian, am an active supporter of the defense of the indigenous communities, of the need to put an end to the unacceptable racist past and that the Constitution reflects indigenous rights. I do not accept, not even the nuance, the possibility that Morales or Felipe Quispe questions the actions of the President in this matter. In this matter I am absolutely inflexible. The fact that Morales is in this moment against me is totally in his right to criticize me all he wants, but this criticism I do not accept, nor tolerate.
Morales continues to make statements that will continue to destroy any credibility that he has left and will continue to push away even those on the left that sympathize with their claims.
Posted by eduardo at Marzo 13, 2005 10:47 AM