"Welcome to the Axis of Evil" - Bolivian President Evo Morales to Paraguayan President-Elect Fernando Lugo

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Thu, Apr 24, 2008 7:33AM

Thursday, April 24, 2008 :Bolivian President Evo Morales came to New York this week to deliver the keynote address at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues. Morales became Bolivia's first indigenous president when he was in 2005 with more popular support than any Bolivian leader in decades. Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez had a chance to sit down with President Morales at the Bolivian mission in New York for an interview. Morales discusses issues of world hunger, biofuels and climate change, relations with Paraguayan President-elect Fernando Lugo, his push to introduce a new constitution in Bolivia, his accusations that the US ambassador is leading a conspiracy against his government, his thoughts on the U.S. presidential elections and more.

Bolivian president Evo Morales opened this week’s UN Forum on Indigenous issues. An Aymara Indian, Evo Morales became the country’s first indigenous president when he was elected two and a half years ago with more popular support than any Bolivian leader in decades.

During his keynote address, President Morales raised criticism about the impact of climate change on indigenous peoples, especially the use of biofuels and how it was affecting world hunger. Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez had a chance to sit down with President Morales at the Bolivian mission here in New York for an interview.

Evo Morales, President of Bolivia.