Evo Morales | Wikipedia audio article
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Evo Morales


00:03:26 1 Early life and activism
00:03:35 1.1 Childhood, education, and military service: 1959–78
00:06:43 1.2 Early icocalero/i activism: 1978–83
00:10:25 1.3 General Secretary of the iCocalero/i Union: 1984–94
00:14:53 2 Political rise
00:15:02 2.1 The ASP, IPSP, and MAS: 1995–99
00:19:41 2.2 Cochabamba protests: 2000–02
00:23:20 2.3 Rise to power: 2003–05
00:28:10 3 Presidency
00:28:19 3.1 First presidential term: 2006–09
00:30:00 3.1.1 Economic program
00:34:49 3.1.2 ALBA and international appearances
00:37:16 3.1.3 Social reform
00:44:30 3.1.4 Domestic unrest and the new constitution
00:51:02 3.2 Second presidential term: 2009–14
00:54:07 3.2.1 Domestic protests
00:56:52 3.3 Third presidential term: 2014–present
00:59:04 4 Political ideology
01:02:01 5 Personal life
01:04:51 6 Influence and legacy
01:08:42 7 See also



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Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959), commonly known as Evo Morales (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeβo moˈɾales]), 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 Bolivia. A socialist, he is the head of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party.
Born to an Aymara family of subsistence farmers in Isallawi, Orinoca Canton, Morales undertook a basic education before mandatory military service, in 1978 moving to Chapare Province. Growing coca and becoming a trade unionist, he rose to prominence in the campesino ("rural laborers") union. In that capacity he campaigned against U.S. and Bolivian attempts to eradicate coca as part of the War on Drugs, denouncing these as an imperialist violation of indigenous Andean culture. His involvement in anti-government direct action protests resulted in multiple arrests. Morales entered electoral politics in 1995, became the leader of the MAS and was elected to Congress in 1997. Coupled with populist rhetoric, his campaign focused on issues affecting indigenous and poor communities, advocating land reform and the redistribution of gas wealth. He gained increased visibility through the Cochabamba protests and gas conflict. In 2002 he was expelled from Congress for encouraging anti-government protesters, although he came second in that year's presidential election.
Once elected in 2005, Morales increased taxation on the hydrocarbon industry to bolster social spending, emphasising projects to combat illiteracy, poverty, racism, and sexism. Vocally criticizing neoliberalism and reducing Bolivia's dependence on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, his administration oversaw strong economic growth while following a policy termed "Evonomics" which sought to move from a liberal economic approach to a mixed economy. Scaling back U.S. influence in the country, he built relationships with leftist governments in the Latin American pink tide and signed Bolivia into the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. Attempting to moderate the left-indigenous activist community, his administration also opposed the right-wing autonomist demands of Bolivia's eastern provinces. Winning a recall referendum in 2008, he instituted a new constitution that established Bolivia as a plurinational state and was re-elected in 2009. His second term witnessed the continuation of leftist policies and Bolivia's joining of the Bank of the South and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States; he was again reelected in the 2014 general election.
Morales has been praised for significantly reducing poverty and illiteracy in Bolivia and has been internationally decorated with various awards. His supporters have lauded him as a champion of indigenous rights, anti-imperialism, and environmentalism. Alternate ...