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Bolivian president reshuffles
half his cabinet
Bolivian President Evo Morales
reshuffled almost half of his
cabinet in order to strengthen
his second year in office,
according to reports reaching
here on Wednesday.
Morales late Tuesday ratified
nine ministers: David
Choquehuanca (Foreign Affairs);
Walker San Miguel (Defense);
Carlos Villegas (Oil); Luis Arce
(Finances); Juan Ramon Quintana
(presidency); Abel Mamani
(Water); Celinda Sosa
(Production); Jose Dalence
(Mining); and Nila Heredia
(Health).
The president nominated Alfredo
Roda (Interior); Gabriel Loza
Telleria (Development and
Planning); Victor Caceres
(Education and Culture); Walter
Delgadillo (Labor); Celima
Torrico (Justice); Susana Rivero
(Rural development and
Agriculture) and Jerjes Mercado
(Public services and works).
Morales underlined the
contribution of the ministers
who will be stepping down and
said they will now work at
department levels, in foreign
affairs and in international
organizations.
Morales recalled that one year
ago he named his cabinet in
order to realize "the great
changes the country requieres in
order to serve the most
destitute and abandoned in the
history of Bolivia."
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