and nationalize their natural resources
December 22, 2009 - Morales, 50, who has headed Bolivia since 2006, is continuing his second presidential term after he won elections again in December 2009 with 63% of the vote.
"I asked a number of Bolivian trade union leaders to study English so that I can send them later to Africa to raise awareness among the population of the need to restore the political power of the people," Morales said at a meeting celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the state oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB).
"I want to tell the whole world and primarily the African countries that natural resources must belong to the people rather than to transnational corporations and a bunch of oligarchs, as it turns out to be, for example, in Nigeria," Morales said.
Morales is Bolivia's first fully indigenous national leader. Since he came to power, industries including oil-and-gas and transportation have been nationalized mainly to fund social programs.
He is also the leader of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), a Bolivian socialist political party, which is committed to equality, indigenous rights, agrarian land reforms and the constitutional reform with the goal to improve the well-being of the impoverished population of the country.
Among the poor, rural and indigenous population, the MAS enjoys nearly unanimous support.
MEXICO, December 22 (RIA Novosti)
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