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idwiyo

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31. I wouldn't be surprised if he is a homophobe, but I'd like to know what it was that he actually said

Fri Jul 5, 2013, 03:13 PM

Jul 2013

This article claims it was mistranslation:
http://en.mercopress.com/2010/04/28/bolivian-president-apologizes-to-spanish-gay-and-lesbian-organizations

“Under no way did it ever cross the mind of President Morales to attack the rights of homosexuals” when he linked hormones and genetically modified crops and its alleged consequences with a diet based on chicken, said Iván Canelas to the La Paz press corps.
“The chicken we eat is full of feminine hormones and that is why when men eat these chickens they undergo deviations from their masculine being”, said Morales last week during the inauguration of an international grass roots alternative climate change forum held in Cochabamba.
Canelas said that President Morales had written a letter to an organization in Spain that brings together lesbians and gays. “We respect their sexual freedom and ratify our respect for what is established in the Bolivian Constitution.”

There must be a transcript of his speech somewhere. I will try to find it and get someone here to translate it.

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Official "Morales and His Personal Qualities" thread: Is Evo Morales a narcissist? [View all] sibelian Jul 2013 OP

racist. sexist. latin. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #1

ok. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #2

Well Morales is almost 6ft tall - other guy is like 5'3 at most but brown is brown lunasun Jul 2013 #7

I read he was angry over the plane thing ! What is up with that???? lunasun Jul 2013 #3

EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE. sibelian Jul 2013 #9

He's an Angry Brown Person! backscatter712 Jul 2013 #34

Garage full of boxes. n/t QC Jul 2013 #4

!!! Matariki Jul 2013 #8

it's been reported he has a bad case of dandruff. nt limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #5

No! El Indio is the best! Check it: Zorra Jul 2013 #6

Obviously all a fabrication. No one can do all that. Kurovski Jul 2013 #13

Undoubtedly puts his phone in the refrigerator LondonReign2 Jul 2013 #10

They have phones in South America? sibelian Jul 2013 #21

He is a multi-super-billionaire with multiple bank accounts in People's Trust of Arizona. idwiyo Jul 2013 #26

... sibelian Jul 2013 #29

Evo sent Christmas cards to Fidel Castro. Kurovski Jul 2013 #11

I heard he lets his dog crap on your lawn, and likes Antiques Road Show. HangOnKids Jul 2013 #12

It's worse than that! Kurovski Jul 2013 #14

Holy Fuck HangOnKids Jul 2013 #15

He kept my baseball when it rolled on to his lawn. byeya Jul 2013 #22

He thinks eating chicken causes baldness and gayness! sibelian Jul 2013 #16

I wouldn't be surprised if he is a homophobe, but I'd like to know what it was that he actually said idwiyo Jul 2013 #31

Well, if it references a letter sibelian Jul 2013 #35

He's a bit "out there" you could say. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #17

Out where Janey? HangOnKids Jul 2013 #18

Out "there", beyond reality, sometimes. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #19

He's a hero. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #20

I heard Aerows Jul 2013 #23

There's a La Paz cab driver who thinks he's distracting from domestic problems muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #24

Well, well! Apparently he's a parasite... sibelian Jul 2013 #25

He's just like Harriet Tubman...nt SidDithers Jul 2013 #27

He' a drug cartel head Jesus Malverde Jul 2013 #28

I heard he moved his things in boxes. And has a garage. Marr Jul 2013 #30

His personal qualities mean nothing Marrah_G Jul 2013 #32

Yes. That's what I think. sibelian Jul 2013 #33