"We thought that [Evo Morales] represented hope, we identified with him. He won, we gave him all the power. But the process has given us nothing. It has been all discourse, no application. He speaks of Mother Earth, and he is the foremost violator of Mother Earth."
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Government ministersIndigenous rights activistsIndigenous peoplePoliticians from BoliviaEnvironmentalists from Bolivia
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Bill Weinberg (2 September 2010) "Beyond Extraction: An Interview With Rafael Quispe", NACLA Report on the Americas.
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