Biography
Evo Morales from childhood had to work hard to support the family. Love for your people and the desire to change life for the better helped him make a political career and take the post of President Bolivia.Childhood and youth
Juan Evo Morales Ima was born on October 26, 1959 in the Bolivian village of Isallyavia. Family of the future president lived on the verge of poverty, parents had to work hard to grow seven children. But only Evo survived, his sister Esther and Brother Hugo.
The family was engaged in farming, the boy since childhood had to participate in the harvest and the mouth of the sheep. When the son was 6 years old, his father took children to Argentina, where he worked on sugar cane plantations. The future president sold ice cream and visited the local Hispanic school.
In his free time, Morales loved to play football, which helped distract from labor everyday life. Already at the age of 13, he organized his own team, and then took to train local children. This has formed a leadership quality policy.
In his youth, Evo studied in the agricultural humanitarian technical institute in Orinoki, and then continued to receive education in Orura. In parallel, the guy worked as a baker and the trumpeter of the orchestra. Get a diploma to the future leader never succeeded. Then he went to the service in the army where he spent the year.
When a young man returned from the army, his family moved. In the new place, Morales began to grow rice, citrus, bananas and coca. Evo, I found it with the local population, continued to play football and joined the Kokaleros Union, for which the matches organized. A turning point in the biography of the political leader was the coup of 1980, after which one of the familiar guy was beaten on charges of drug trafficking.
Politics
In the following years, Evo became more and more active in the trade union, protecting the crops of Coca from the burning of the US authorities. He participated in protest actions and won the support of local residents, thanks to which he raped rapidly on a career ladder. Later, Morales committed a diplomatic trip to Cuba, where during the speeches criticized the politics of Americans and called the Koki leaf by the symbol of Andean culture.The actions of the future president led to his persecution and repeated arrests, of which managed to free themselves due to the support of the allies. To continue to fight the injustice of the American leaders, a man joined the MAS batch (Motion for Socialism) and came to Congress. Already in 2002, supporters of Evo conducted a successful election campaign, as a result of which they received 8 seats in the Senate and 27 in the House of Deputies.
The rating of Morales among the indigenous population continued to grow and reached a peak in 2006, when a man took the 1st place in the presidential election and led Bolivia. After his appointment, Evo visited Cuba with diplomatic visits, China and South Africa, but avoided trips to the United States.
During the reign, Morales spent the nationalization of natural resources, generating electricity and mobile communications. Thanks to him, the economic power of Bolivia increased, the cost of the currency in the international market has increased and financial reserves of the state have been replenished. The President sent strength to restoring roads, arrangement of football fields, construction of trade union buildings and rural areas. For 5 years, the level of poverty in the country dropped almost 10%.
This led to the fact that the politician was chosen for a second term. He continued to improve social programs, established pensions and benefits to poor families. The President struggled with racism against the indigenous population, raised the salary of the workers and established trade with other countries. In 2014, he was re-elected. An interesting fact: Morales allowed to participate in the elections, because they did not count the first period of stay at the post.
Personal life
Thanks to Harizme and High Growth (175 cm), the President enjoyed success in women. Despite the fact that he has never been married, a man has two children from different mothers - the daughter of Eva Liz and the son of Alvaro. In 2016, the personal life of Evo was actively discussed in the press, when he was suspected of a novel with Gabriela Sapata Montano.
Evo Morales now
In the summer of 2019, a man visited Russia to meet with the country's leader Vladimir Putin.
Politician again participated in the election. Despite his victory, the population counted the election of Morales illegal, which led to mass protests. As a result, on November 10, the President resigned, after which he left the country.
Now the former leader is in Mexico, which provided political asylum. He supports communication with allies through Facebook and Instagram, where publishes news and photos.