[in Bolivia] We Want To Overcome Our

I Never Wore A Tie Voluntarily, Even Though I Was Forced To Wear One For Photos When I Was Young And For Official Events At School. I Used To Wrap My Tie In A Newspaper, And Whenever The Teacher Checked I Would Quickly Put It On Again. I'm Not Used To It. Most Bolivians Don't Wear Ties.

I Have No Regrets - In Fact, I Am Pleased To Have Expelled The Us Ambassador, The Drug Enforcement Administration (dea) And To Have Closed The Us Military Base In Bolivia. Now, Without A Us Ambassador, There Is Less Conspiracy, And More Political Stability And Social Stability. Without The International Monetary Fund, We Are Better Off Economically.

From My Standpoint, Coca Should Be Neither Destroyed Nor Completely Legalized. Farming Should Be Controlled By The State And By The Coca Farmers' Unions.

Bolivia's Majority Indian Population Was Always Excluded, Politically Oppressed And Culturally Alienated. Our National Wealth, Our Raw Materials, Was Plundered. Indios Were Once Treated Like Animals Here. In The 1930s And 40s, They Were Sprayed With Ddt To Kill The Vermin On Their Skin And In Their Hair Whenever They Came Into The City.

I'm Much More Convinced That The Hierarchy Comes From The Monarchy, And That The Hierarchy Stays Apart From The Oligarchy. So The Oligarchy Is Hurtful To The Majority In Bolivia.