Bolivia Looking Forward: New Constitution Passed, Celebrations Hit the Streets
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When the news spread throughout La Paz that the constitution had been passed in the referendum, fireworks, cheers and horns sounded off sporadically. By 8:30, thousands had already gathered in the Plaza Murillo. The crowd cheered "Evo! Evo! Evo!" until Morales, Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, and other leading figures in the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) government crowded out onto the balcony of the presidential palace.
"I would like to take this opportunity to recognize all of the brothers and sisters of Bolivia, all of the compañeros and compañeras, all of the citizens that through their vote, through their democratic participation, decide to refound Bolivia," Morales said. "From 2005 to 2009 we have gone from triumph to triumph, while the neoliberals, the traitors have been constantly broken down thanks to the consciousness of the Bolivian people."
He shook his fist in the air; the applause died down. "And I want you to know something, the colonial state ends here. Internal colonialism and external colonialism ends here. Sisters and brothers, neoliberalism ends here too."
At various points in the speech, Morales and others on the balcony held up copies of the new constitution. Morales continued, "And now, thanks to the consciousness of the Bolivian people, the natural resources are recuperated for life, and no government, no new president can … give our natural resources away to transnational companies."
Au cours de différents moments du discours, Morales ainsi que d' autres personnes présentes sur le balcon (du palais présidentiel) brandissent les copies de la nouvelle constitution. " Et maintenant, grâce à la conscience du peuple bolivien, les ressources naturelles ont été récupérées à vie, et aucun gouvernement, aucun nouveau Président ne pourront désormais... donner nos ressources naturelles à des entreprises transnationales."
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