|
Evo Morales And The Roman Catholic Church
The administration of former Bolivian president Evo Morales maintained a strained relationship with the Bolivian hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. This relationship posed a problem for Morales, as polls taken in the early 2000 indicated that about seven million of the nine million Bolivians adhered to the Roman Catholic faith. Retrieved on February 12, 2007 When faced with a Morales policy that they disagreed with, such as the proposed secularization, liberalization and modernization of schools, the Catholic bishops of Bolivia were able to inspire massive demonstrations against the measures. The Catholic Church drew most of its support from the cities and little from rural areas (where Morales drew his primary support) due to limited assets and the prevalence of traditional indigenous culture. Retrieved on February 13, 2007 Morales has stated that he is a Catholic. Morales, like many rural Bolivians, was raised with a combination of Catholicism and belief in the Pachamam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma (; born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former cocalero activist who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. Widely regarded as the country's first president to come from Indigenous peoples in Bolivia, its indigenous population, his administration focused on the implementation of leftist policies, improving the legal rights and socioeconomic conditions of Bolivia's previously-marginalized indigenous population and combating the political influence of the United States and resource-extracting multinational corporations. Ideologically a socialist, he has led the Movement for Socialism (Bolivia), Movement for Socialism (MAS) party since 1998. Born to an Aymara people, Aymara family of subsistence farmers in Isallavi, Isallawi, Orinoca Canton, Morales undertook a basic education and mandatory military service before moving to the Chapare Province in 1978. Growing coca and becoming a trade unionist, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
