Carlos Mesa. The President of Bolivia Carlos Mesa officially resigned Sunday, March 6. Now the President of Senate Hormando Vaca Díez is the temporary President of the Republic of Bolivia. Mesa resigned because of the announcement of highways's blockages by Evo Morales , both the leader of the coca growers and the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS). The blockages serve to pressure the Legislative so the Hydrocarbons Law can be approved. The law aims to raise the taxes levied on hydrocarbon extraction from 18 to 50\%. The MAS is a political party formed basically by coca-growing campesinos (known as cocaleros), communists , admirers of Fidel Castro and indigenous people. The party is against the government of the United States and the alleged American influency in the region, the neoliberalism and the globalization . Morales in his own words, explain some of the MAS motivations: The worst enemy of humanity is capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model, which is the representation of a savage capitalism. If the entire world doesn't acknowledge this reality, that the national states are not providing even minimally for health, education and alimentation, then each day the most fundamental human rights are being violated. Morales is an admirer of Fidel Castro and he says he is inspired by the presidents of Venezuela Hugo Chavez and Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva . He supports the creation of a anti-imperialist block formed by Latin-American and Arabian countries against the USA, which is being organized by the Brazilian President. Bolivia economy depends on exportation of hydrocarbon (oil and gas). Other sources of resources comes from the cultivation of coca. The coca growers demands the same treatment the government is giving to hydrocarbons. However, the production of coca in great quantities is controversial since the coca is the raw material of cocaine . Cocaine is considered illegal in Bolivia and in the majority of other countries
 The President of Bolivia officially resigned Sunday, March 6. Now the President of Senate Hormando Vaca Díez is the temporary President of the Republic of Bolivia. Mesa resigned because of the announcement of highways's blockages by , both the leader of the growers and the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS). The blockages serve to pressure the Legislative so the Hydrocarbons Law can be approved. The law aims to raise the taxes levied on hydrocarbon extraction from 18 to 50\%. The MAS is a political party formed basically by coca-growing (known as cocaleros), , admirers of , and people. The party is against the government of the and the alleged American influency in the region, the and the . Morales in his own words, explain some of the MAS motivations: The worst enemy of humanity is capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model, which is the representation of a savage capitalism. If the entire world doesn't acknowledge this reality, that the national states are not providing even minimally for health, education and alimentation, then each day the most fundamental human rights are being violated. Morales is an admirer of Fidel Castro and he says he is inspired by the presidents of and , . He supports the creation of an anti-imperialist block formed by Latin-American and Arabian countries against the USA, which is being organized by the Brazilian President. Bolivia economy depends on exportation of (oil and gas). Other sources of resources comes from the cultivation of coca. The coca growers demands the same treatment the government is giving to hydrocarbons. However, the production of coca in great quantities is controversial since the coca is the raw material of . Cocaine is considered illegal in Bolivia and in the majority of other countries
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