LATIN AMERICA: Native Groups Express Solidarity with Bolivian Leader

[Judi Lynn]

LATIN AMERICA: Native Groups Express Solidarity with Bolivian Leader
By Kintto Lucas

QUITO, Sep 22 (IPS) - Indigenous organisations from several countries in Latin America declared their solidarity with Bolivian President Evo Morales with respect to the crisis in his country, and are preparing a major gathering in La Paz, Bolivia within the next few weeks.

Humberto Cholango, the head of Ecuarunari, which groups Quechua communities from Ecuador’s highlands region, warned that an attempted coup against Morales could trigger a generalised uprising by indigenous people throughout the Andean region.

"The indigenous movement in Ecuador and other countries is on the alert to any attempt to overthrow our brother Evo (Bolivia’s first-ever indigenous president) by economic power groups backed by the government of the United States," Cholango told IPS.

"The U.S. government has always meddled in the affairs of the countries of Latin America, and lately has supported attempts to organise coups in Venezuela and Bolivia," said the native leader.


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