AND FINALLY

Evo Morales, idiosyncratic leader of Bolivia, what a guy! Well, sort of, nearly. Er, but....

Speaking at the first Worldwide Peoples’ Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth, he was hitting all the right notes, observing: “Mankind is facing the choice of either continuing along the path of capitalism and death or to take the path of harmony with nature and respect for life so as to save mankind.” Right on!

He claimed the richest countries of the world owe a debt to the rest of the planet because the “atmospheric space” is “filled with the emission of winter-effect gases” and called for international borders to be lifted to allow free migration for the coming environmental refugees. We’re with you Evo, sock it to ‘em! He followed on to sing the praises of local Bolivian foods and folk medicines. OK, we can forgive a bit of playing to the home crowd...

But then... “Baldness appears to be a normal disease in Europe, almost all of them are bald, and that is because of the things they eat; while among the indigenous peoples there are no bald people, because we eat other things.” Erm, losing you a bit now mate.... Before winding up with claiming that homosexuality is also an egg-stra result of this fowl diet: “The chicken that we eat is chock-full of feminine hormones. So, when men eat these chickens, they deviate from themselves as men.” Er, hang on, surely homosexuality slightly pre-dates Kentucky Fried Chicken?

Oh dear, we thinketh Evo doth protest too much; and the aggressive view just reflects his own self loathing for lacking the courage to come out of the closet. (© all psychologists) Well, never fear, SchNEWS can help there...

Keywords: bolivia, homophobia, latin america