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Bolivia Sets New Global Mark For Indigenous Rights |
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Written by Sara Miller Llana - CS Monitor
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Tuesday, 27 January 2009 |
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Article Source: CS Monitor
Written by - Sara Miller Llana - January 27th, 2009
La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia's first indigenous president, Evo Morales, easily won his campaign for a new constitution Sunday – promising vast new powers to the country's indigenous majority and bolstering his political clout.
Critics say Mr. Morales is dangerously dividing the nation and merely following in the footsteps of populist leftist allies Hugo Chávez in Venezuela and Rafael Correa in Ecuador, who have also rewritten their constitutions to invest the executive branch with more power.
True or not, something more is happening: This is a victory for Latin American indigenous groups marginalized since the Spanish conquest 500 years ago, say analysts, and some see it as a global human rights and racial-equity landmark.
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