BOLIVIA: Unprecedented Gender Parity in Cabinet

[amyrose2712]

Dropping fast, thought I'd re-post here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7582356

[Peace Patriot]

1. K&R! Thanks for posting! nt

[Judi Lynn]

2. The article says Evo Morales made a concession by replacing his Chief of Staff

and his Ministers of Interior and Defense. It said that these people are extremely disliked by the opposition. I think the opposition should stick a sock in it, considering the atrocities they have committed during Evo Morales' first term! They should have been imprisoned long ago for their evil actions.

I saw an article, looking for his Chief of Staff's information, which said that the assassination plot which involved Irish and Serbo-Hungarian, and Bolivian/Hungarian mercenaries hired by a separatist group in Santa Cruz had plotted to kill Evo Morales, his Vice President Linares Garcia, and his Chief of Staff, Juan Ramon Quintana.

http://acalzonquitao.files.wordpress.com.nyud.net:8090/2009/01/juan-ramon-quintana-con-evo.jpg

Juan Ramon Quintana
Eva Golinger mentions Quintana in this artcle:

~snip~\At the end of August, Evo and his Minister of the Presidency, Juan Ramón Quintana, called the bluff on USAID and it's "official cooperation" in Bolivia. They told the US government that if they want to continue cooperating in Bolivia, they will have to abide by the rules. And these guys are not joking. Last week, on October 10, 2007, Evo had an Executive Supreme Decree approved by Bolivia's Supreme Court, that prohibits international funding of activities in Bolivia without state regulation. Furthermore, the Decree sets out strict guidelines for such funding and does away with "third party contractors". Bye bye Chemonics and Casals & Associates. Venezuela should take Bolivia's example and do the same. Maybe that way we could finally get rid of USAID's OTI and it's private contracter, Development Alternatives, Inc., and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and it's core groups that have been undermining Venezuela's democracy since 2001: International Republican Institute (IRI), National Democratic Institute (NDI), Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS).

I'm not so naïve as to believe that the US will actually abide by the Supreme Decree 29308 passed on October 10, 2007 in Bolivia. But in any case, it is a step forward against US aggression and intervention.

The US has already reacted in a cynical and racist way by sending its Ambassador in Bolivia, Philip Goldberg, to make fun of Evo publicly. When Evo spoke before the UN General Assembly meeting in September in New York City, he reiterated declarations made by Chávez last year: the member nations of the UN should consider moving the official headquarters to another country besides the US. Why did Evo, like Chávez, make such remarks? Because the US denied visas to the members of his official delegation, impeded the arrival of his airplane to JFK airport and gave him and his functionaries a hard time. These guys really have a point. If the US is going to make it difficult for international delegations to attend UN functions than maybe the meetings should take place somewhere less hostile.

More:
http://www.chavezcode.com/2007/10/bolivia-under-attack.html

http://www.maec.es.nyud.net:8090/es/MenuPpal/Ministerio/ElMinistro/ImagenesdelMinistro/PublishingImages/OCTUBRE%202009/20091127-BOLIVIA.jpg

Foreign Minister - David Choquehuanca
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http://a.abcnews.com.nyud.net:8090/images/Blotter/Bolivia_recall_080214_mn.jpg

Foreign Minister Choquehanca siting by US Ambassador Philip Goldberg after it was learned the US Embassy had instructed the new Fulbright
Scholar Peace Corps worker to deliver any information he gleanied concerning Cuban and Venezuelan people in Bolivia to them, like a spy.
Hard to imagine how Evo Morales would replace him. He was a heavy duty member of his government. It would be good to find out more about what has happened in these replacements.

http://www.ips.org.nyud.net:8090/TV/copenhagen/wp-content/library/Mu%C3%B1ozLeahy-300x225.jpg

Interior Minister - Alicia Muñoz
Can't find anything specific about Interior Minister Alicia Muñoz which explains why the opposition hates her other than she is outspoken and has pointed out the Santa Cruz thugs hire mercenaries, and some of them were involved in the Pando massacre, and she is a tough woman, not likely to EVER back down to them.

Formerly she was a MAS senator. She also served as Morales Chief of Staff at one time.

I hope this means these valuable people are STILL working in and for the Morales administration in other capacities. All three of them were staunch supporters of Evo Morales and his administration's policies, and were all firm, strong allies who spoke out against treacherous people who refuse to behave ethically, and respect the people of Bolivia's government.