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mereka diresmikan sebagai presiden dan wakil presiden Indonesia? Bila ingat,
sebagai pembuka pikiran coba bandingkan ucapan mereka dengan apa yang dinayakan
oleh Evo Morales tentang negerinya.
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Last Updated: Sunday, 22 January 2006, 22:22 GMT
Bolivia's new leader vows change
Mr Morales pledged to end injustice and inequality
Evo Morales has been sworn in as Bolivia's first indigenous
president, pledging to end 500 years of injustice against his people.
We're here to change our history... we're taking over, Mr
Morales said.
He reaffirmed his pledge to recover the country's natural
resources by renationalising them.
Thousands of Bolivians and many foreign dignitaries witnessed
the colourful ceremony at the Congress in La Paz.
I wish to tell you, my Indian brothers, that the 500-year
indigenous and popular campaign of resistance has not been in vain, Mr
Morales, an Aymara Indian, said during an emotional speech.
We must change with votes not bullets
Evo Morales
Bolivian President
Morales speech excerpts
We're taking over now over the next 500 years. We're going
to put an end to injustice, to inequality.
The 46-year-old former llama herder and coca leaf farmer said
the free-market model did not work in Bolivia, and that the privatisation of
basic services and natural resources should be reversed.
When we talk about recovering the territory we are talking
about recovering the natural resources, and these need to be in the hands of
the Bolivian people and the Bolivian state, he said.
He also acknowledged the magnitude of the task during his
five-year term, as Bolivia still remains South America's poorest country,
correspondents say.
Mr Morales is a fierce critic of the US and sees his election
as a triumph for indigenous peoples.
Sun priest
Leaders attending Sunday's inauguration included Spain's
Crown Prince Felipe, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Javier Solana
representing the European Union and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, who called Mr
Morales an emissary sent by God.
We need the strength of the people to bend the hand of
the empire
Evo Morales
In pictures: Spiritual rituals
They were not present at Saturday's indigenous ceremonies at
the archaeological remains of the Tiwanaku civilisation 65km (40 miles) from La
Paz.
On Saturday, Mr Morales made a private offering to Pachamama,
or Mother Earth, of sweets, wine and flowers, before moving to the pre-Inca
temple of Kalasasaya.
There, barefoot and dressed as a sun priest and in front of
thousands of supporters, he received the baton, encrusted with gold, silver and
bronze, that will symbolise his Indian leadership.
The BBC's Daniel Schweimler in Bolivia says the ceremony was
requested by Bolivia's indigenous community, which feels it has had a raw deal
ever since the Spanish conquistadores colonised the region more than 500 years
ago.
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Last Updated: Sunday, 22 January 2006, 23:01 GMT
Morales inaugural speech: Excerpts
Following are excepts from Bolivian President Evo Morales'
inaugural speech at the Congress in La Paz.
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
The 500 years of Indian resistance have not been in vain.
From 500 years of resistance we pass to another 500 years in power.
We have been condemned, humiliated ... and never recognised
as human beings.
We are here and we say that we have achieved power to end the
injustice, the inequality and oppression that we have lived under.
The original indigenous movement, as well as our ancestors,
dreamt about recovering the territory.
SOLIDARITY
I want to tell you with great sincerity and humility, after
I have seen many brothers in the city in the middle class, the working class,
the professionals, even the businessmen adding themselves to the Mas party (Mr
Morales' party - the Movement towards Socialism), I say, thank you very much.
I am very proud of them, proud of the middle class, the
working class, the professionals, and the businessmen. I
