Bolivian
President Evo Morales called for reflection on how to reinvigorate
the struggle against imperialism and defend revolutionary democracy
Bolivian
President Evo Morales urged progressive governments to strengthen
their resolve to fight imperialism in Latin America and learn from
the right-wing opposition win in Venezuela’s parliamentary
elections to further define the left-wing political movement in the
region, local media reported.
Morales
called for a “deep reflection” on how “to defend
democratic revolution” in light of the loss of President
Nicolas Maduro’s socialist PSUV party majority in Venezuela’s
National Assembly in Sunday’s elections.
“Empire
does not sleep, they have different wars against anti-imperialist
people and governments,” said
Morales, according to Bolivia’s La Razon. “Empire
constantly conspires and what we are seeing now, economic agressions,
economic wars, have a resulted in empire being able to again have
geopolitical control in our region.”
Morales’
call for left-wing reflection and unity come after the Venezuelan
opposition won a majority for the first time since the election of
former President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela in 1998, which marked the
beginning of an anti-imperialist “pink tide” in the region.
The
opposition won 99 of a total of 167 seats. Maduro’s PSUV won 46
seats. The remaining 22 seats, including three indigenous
representatives, are yet to be announced.
Morales
applauded the “triumph of democracy” in Venezuela, saying the
elections “demonstrated that the institutions of the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela are reliable.”
The Bolivian
president said the results should be a means of bringing together
left-wing governments and progressive movements in the region to
launch reflection and debate on “political, social, economic,
and cultural liberation processes” in Latin America to advance
“the good of humanity.”
The
Venezuelan elections enjoyed a high turnout of nearly 75 percent in
what has been called the tightest electoral race seen in years.
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