We are in a stadium at this moment with more than 10,000 people gathered to hear Bolivian president Evo Morales’ address to the Peoples World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth’s Rights.

The gathering – opened by a moving Indigenous ceremony – reflects what has been achieved in Bolivia, and the leadership that is being demonstrated by Bolivia on the global stage.

More to come.

Brent Patterson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Council of Canadians
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Brent Patterson

Brent Patterson is a political activist, writer and the executive director of Peace Brigades International-Canada. He lives in Ottawa on the traditional, unceded and unsurrendered territories of the Algonquin...