Morales invested as Indian leader in Andean ritual calls to defend Mother Earth Pachamama

Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 05:38 UTC

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Bolivian President Evo Morales called Wednesday for a halt to “the crazy race of destroying the Earth in the name of development” after being invested as Indian leader in a ritual at the pre-Colombian ruins of Tiahuanaco, located some 71 kilometers from La Paz. Read full article

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Room101
I think that the term is “vested” rather than “invested”.
Jan 22nd, 2015 - 10:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Klingon
The indigenous investiture ceremonies began with a ritual “cleansing” of the president performed by wise men of the Aymara culture, who accompanied Morales to the most symbolic sites at Tiahuanaco to invoke the aid of Andean deities.

Sounds super creepy!! Couldn't they just give him shower gel and a can of Axe?
Jan 22nd, 2015 - 02:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
Hmmm, he seems to forget that his ancestors have had just as dramatic an effect on Andean ecosystems as anyone else has. Deforestation, farming and grazing by Native Americans is what has created the Andes we see today.

It was a very different place before they arrived.
Jan 22nd, 2015 - 05:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
What will he do without the 'Bolivarian Brotherhood Oil deal' ?
Can he survive without the US$ millions from Caracas and Sao Paulo?
We watch with interest...
Jan 23rd, 2015 - 04:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
““It's not the color of my face that's going to kill you. What's going to kill you is the color of the water you drink, the smell of the air you breathe,” said Morales in his address”.....
Agree, it's not the colour of his face, but polluted water and air that's going to kill a lot of people, but where has his new-found virtue come from ?? has he forgotten his past as a supplier of the main ingredient for the production of cocaine, which quite surely was responsible for the demise of many ?
Jan 23rd, 2015 - 06:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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