Bolivia: State of social protection

Bolivia: The Bolivian executive will favour a State of social protection, Vice President Alvaro Garcia affirmed referring to the 2010-2015 Government, to be headed by re-elected President Evo Morales.

In statements for El Pueblo es Noticia radio program, Garcia provided details of the re-elected Executive’s pragmatic goals, and thanked the nearly three million Bolivians who with their vote have trusted the program of the ruling Movement towards Socialism (MAS).

Garcia sustained the industrialization of natural resources is key to reach that strategy, as it will allow Bolivia be something more than an oil-gas exporting country.

“We speak of a Bolivia based on its productive development and modern technology with higher attention on small producers,” he stressed.

He also mentioned the prospects Evo himself explained to cabinet on the construction and putting into orbit of the first communications satellite within a couple of years.

The implementation of autonomies in the nine departments, Gran Chaco region (Tarija), and indigenous municipalities is another challenge for next year, he explained.

The goals of the State of social protection aim at achieving greater wellbeing for all Bolivians in such spheres as health and education, as well as access to basic services like water and communications, a basic human right, Garcia remarked.

La Paz, Prensa Latina