[nasional_list] [ppiindia] 'We're going to end the colonial state,' Morales says
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Morales seeks blessing at ancient Indian temple
'We're going to end the colonial state,' Morales says
Saturday, January 21, 2006; Posted: 3:55 p.m. EST (20:55 GMT)
Holding indigenous symbols of leadership, President-elect Evo Morales
waves to suporters.
Inauguration guests
ARGENTINA: President Nestor Kirchner.
BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
CHILE: President Ricardo Lagos.
COLOMBIA: President Alvaro Uribe.
ECUADOR: President Alfredo Palacio.
EUROPEAN UNION: foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES: Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza.
PANAMA: President Martin Torrijos.
PARAGUAY: President Nicanor Duarte.
PERU: President Alejandro Toledo. SLOVENIA: President Janez Drnovsek
SPAIN: Crown Prince Felipe of Asturias.
VENEZUELA: President Hugo Chavez.
UNITED NATIONS: Jose Antonio Ocampo, undersecretary-general for economic and
social affairs.
UNITED STATES: Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon.
TIAWANACU, Bolivia (AP) -- Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales, dressed in a
bright red tunic worn only by the most important pre-Inca priests, promised
Saturday to do away with vestiges of this country's colonial past in a
spiritual ceremony at an ancient temple on the eve of his inauguration.
To roars from the crowd, the Aymara Indian and fierce critic of the U.S. called
his landslide election a victory for indigenous populations around the world,
saying it was evidence that that poor countries can rise up to challenge rich,
developed nations.
"With the unity of the people, we're going to end the colonial state and the
neoliberal model," said Morales, who spoke mostly in Spanish but also offered
greetings in the Aymara language he grew up speaking as a boy.
Thousands of spectators walked for miles (kilometers) to listen to Morales,
passing thatched adobe huts and grazing sheep to reach the archaeological
remains of the Tiawanacu civilization that flourished around 5,000 B.C. near
the shores of Lake Titicaca, 65 kilometers (40 miles) outside of La Paz.
When Morales arrived, they shouted "Viva Evo! Viva Bolivia!" in both Spanish
and Aymara, waving rainbow-colored flags representing 500 years of Indian
resistance, first against Spaniard domination but then against nearly 200
centuries of grinding poverty in a country with a deep divide between rich and
poor.
Many of Bolivia's Indians, representing 60 percent of the country's 8.5 million
citizens, contend a white elite have continued the repression.
Morales, Bolivia's first Indian to be elected president, first walked barefoot
up the Akapana pyramid, put on the tunic and a cap decorated with traditional
yellow and red Aymara patterns. Then he was blessed by priests and accepted a
baton adorned with gold and silver, symbolizing his Indian leadership.
After putting on sandals, he descended from the pyramid to address the crowd
gathered in front of the Kalasasaya temple.
Morales thanked Mother Earth and God for his political victory and promised to
"seek equality and justice," as he closed the ceremony performed by Indian
priests, the cultural inheritors of this pre-Incan city whose people
mysteriously disappeared without written record.
He also pledged to work hard to change an international economic order
dominated by developed countries that he blames for keeping poor nations
trapped in misery.
"The poor also have rights," Morales said.
Wilfredo Silva, a 32-year-old gas station manager, traveled 25 hours with his
two small children on dilapidated buses and trains from a town on the border
with Argentina to witness what he called the most important event in Bolivia's
history.
"It's an important day for Bolivia because it's a monumental change," Silva
said, near Indians standing at attention in dark red ponchos and fedora hats
along the path Morales walked to the ruins. "The people wanted change, this is
giving us the opportunity."
Morales accepted presents from visiting Indian delegations from other
countries: a woven knapsack Colombia, wine from Argentina, blankets from Chile,
a painting from Peru and a feather from America.
After the ceremony ended, he headed to a big party, complete with a cake made
of the local grain quinoa, large enough to feed 40,000 people and decorated
with Morales' face and the sacred Andean peak Illimani.
Eusebio Condori, a 50-year-old Aymaran, played Andean music on a reed flute
with a group perforing Indian dances that were prohibited by the Spaniards
during three centuries of Spanish domination that ended during the 19th century.
"For us, it's joy and a pleasure to be with one of our own. For the first time
we'll have an indigenous president," said Condori, wearing a black cap adorned
with feathers and a leather cape.
The presidents of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela and Spain's crown prince were
expected to arrive in La Paz on Saturday, arriving in the capital along a road
with recently filled potholes and freshly painted lanes. Cuba's Fidel Castro, a
confidant of Morales, was not attending the inauguration, but sent a delegation
to the swearing-in.
During Sunday's official inauguration, Morales will meet with more modern
traditions: full military honors and the bejeweled medals worn by all
presidents.
But the former coca growers' union leader also arranged his own proletarian
touch: Along with 8,000 police, crowds of miners have volunteered additional
protection to Morales in a gesture of solidarity.
Surrounded by dignitaries in suits and ties, Morales himself plans to wear
something more casual -- although exactly what hasn't been revealed.
"Most Bolivians don't wear a tie and I'm part of this majority," said Morales,
who has been both applauded and criticized for wearing the same striped sweater
to meet presidents and royalty on his preinaugural world tour. "It would bother
me, it's so tight around your neck I would feel like I was being hung."
A critic of U.S. foreign policy and close ally of Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez, Morales has promised to fight corruption and poverty by securing more
profits from Bolivia's natural resources, including its vast natural gas
reserves.
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