Natural disasters in Bolivia have been getting worse with the passage of time. It's brought about by a system: the capitalist system, the unbridled industrialization of the resources of the Planet Earth.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's easy for people in an air-conditioned room to continue with the policies of destruction of Mother Earth. We need instead to put ourselves in the shoes of families in Bolivia and worldwide that lack water and food and suffer misery and hunger.
There also is the plight that comes from natural disasters; these natural disasters could be alleviated or dealt with; we only need some time to do it.
The world has been experiencing a whole pattern of auto-destruction, whether in environmental disasters like Chernobyl or health disasters like AIDS.
Very large scale disasters, especially those that have occurred in the developing world, have very long recovery periods.
The poorest country in South America, Bolivia, had been devastated by neoliberal economic policies.
The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.
Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.
We have a real role in how our own collective lives, our nation, and our world and society turn out. Seizing those opportunities is important, and disasters are sometimes one of those opportunities.
Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.
I want to stress that at no time Bolivia acts untimely or irresponsibly.