by Magnifico
Tue Apr 22nd, 2008 at 04:23:52 PM EST
This is a Lazy Quote Diary™ to more widely expose the remarks of Evo Morales, Bolivia's president. Yesterday Morales told the United Nations, we must eliminate capitalism to save the world. According to the MercoPress, Morales said:
"If we really want to save the planet, we must eliminate the capitalist system" Bolivia's first indigenous president told delegates from around the world at the United Nations in New York.
Mr Morales argued that the capitalist system was mainly responsible for climate change and for the "accumulation of waste".
I believe the consumption of the Earth's natural resources have outpaced sustainability.
Morales also questioned privatization and biofuel production.
He also railed against the development of bio-fuels which he said only serve to fuel "poverty and hunger" and he instead expressed strong support for clean energies.
"Biofuels are very harmful, in particular for the poor people of the world" he underlined. Morales called for "respect of Mother Earth," guaranteeing access to basic services for all and putting and end to consumerism...
"Mother Earth is not a commodity. It's not something to buy and sell," he said.
Morales proposed an international convention "to protect water resources and prevent their privatization by a few."
The coverage of Morales from The Guardian added he believes Biofuels are starving our people:
Morales called on developed nations to accept that problems created by biofuels in developing countries were partly their responsibility. After his speech, he told a news conference that "it is not an internal problem, it is an external problem".
"This is very serious," he said. "How important is life and how important are cars? So I say life first and cars second."
In his UN speech, Morales called for the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to take action against the biofuel industry "in order to avoid hunger and misery among our people".
Morales also called for the democratization of the U.N. security council so the power was not monopolized by a few nations, according to the MercoPress.