Through Struggle, Bolivia Became the Center of the World
BY
ROGELIO MAYTA
Bolivian foreign minister Rogelio Mayta says that anywhere people are fighting against imperialism and neoliberalism cant be considered part of the periphery. Theyre at the center of the world.
Humanity finds itself at a crucial moment. Its not only war and climate change that threaten life on our planet. Ideologies and some people do, too.
We know that money and the production of wealth and well-being have created an ever greater and more profound gap between people, neighborhoods, cities, and countries, a gap that has been exacerbated by the pandemic.
So Id like us to stop thinking of ourselves as a poor periphery in a process of globalization, which has been unequal, colonial, and racist.
In Bolivia, since the beginning of this century, we have battled some of the most important and decisive questions for the future of the human race: water, our sacred coca leaf, the goods we have which we can share thanks to the generosity of the Pachamama, and, of course, the right to make decisions collectively about our lives.
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