UN General Assembly
2006

moving towards democracy. We are very concerned that there be an awareness, in international forums such as the United Nations, of the need to work to bring about peaceful change. All are aware, in North America in particular as well as in Europe, that many Bolivians are leaving their country to find work. It used to be Europeans who invaded Latin America, and especially Bolivia. Now, however, it seems that the situation has changed. It is the Latin Americans and the Bolivians who are invading Europe, as they did previously the United States. Why? Because, at the present time, there are no jobs. What is needed is fair trade, trade by peoples for peoples, trade that resolves employment problems. Of course, trade by corporations is important, but trade by small producers is even more important. For the benefit of these cooperatives, these associations and these collectives, their products — not my brothers and sisters — are the ones that should go to Europe. That is what we wish to see. Greater awareness on the