VLMIL Candidate #12: Evo Morales » VivirLatino

“Juan Evo Morales Aima was born October 26, 1959 in the community of Isallavi, Orinoco, Oruro to Aymara parents Dionisio Morales Choque and Maria Mamani. From a young age Evo worked with his family as a farmer. After a high school trip to the Presidential Palace in La Paz, Evo told his classmates, “One day I will be president and you will be my ministers”. After serving in a military, growing coca , Evo became a union leader. It was here when he became a coca activist, and was even nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in both 1995 and 1996. From here Evo earned a seat in the Bolivian Congress. In January 2002, Morales was removed from his seat in Congress, because of a charge of terrorism related to anti-eradication riots in Sacaba that month in which four coca farmers, three military soldiers and a police officer were killed. The U.S. was accused of being behind his expulsion. From here he ran for President. In 2002 he came in second place. In 2005 he won.”

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