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Bolivia Pension, Social
Revolution
Bolivian President Evo
Morales announced on
Friday a real social
revolution has begun
with a lifetime pension
benefiting almost
700,000 elderly
Bolivians.
The president headed the
ceremony of payment of
the so called Dignity
Rent at about 25 dollars
monthly.
Morales pointed out the
nationalization of
hydrocarbons and other
natural resources now
allows to accomplish
that social measure, a
historic demand by a
sector ignored by
previous governments.
Regarding that, he
called on the mayors of
the so called Crescent
not to be ungrateful
with the elderly, and no
longer oppose the source
funding the pension,
which results from
energy resources and the
Direct Tax on
Hydrocarbons.
Morales recalled that
the previous benefit
called Solidarity Bond (Bonosol)
depended on utilities of
private companies, which
provided no guarantee.
"Bolivia is economically
reliable now, and I can
assure you that
privatization and
plundering of our
natural resources have
ended with the Dignity
Pension," he remarked. |
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