Bolivian president Evo Morales expressed his solidarity with Chile today, slammed by a strong earthquake that left more than 100 people dead, which, according to the leader, was provoked by mother natures anger due to policies which destroy the environment.
We express our total solidarity with the people of Chile, with the families, the president (Michelle Bachelete), and the president-elect (Sebastián Piñera, stated president Morales, during a public conference in the eastern city of Santa Cruz. It is very grave to see our brothers killed by earthquakes, I feel that nature wont put up with politics that destroy the environment, declared the leader, an indigenous Chilean with leftist tendencies.
I feel that mother earth is angered, (the earthquakes) are a consequence of politicians (neoliberals), added the leader. For Morales and a large part of the indigenous population of South American, mother earth is the Pachamama, the goddess of the Incans.
He later stressed that: This strengthens how we should defend the rights of mother nature, this is a permanent debate at the level of the people, of governments, and word leaders. The president announced that he will coordinate with other public offices for the immediate delivery of assistance to Chile, although he gave no details of what will be sent.
As expressed by Percy Aliaga, seismologist of the private Observatory San Calixto, the seismic activity was not felt in Bolivia.
