Abya Yala: This Land is Ours,directed by Patrick Vanier, Sycomore films (2006) Abya Yala was the name given to the American continent by the native Kuna nations of Panama and Colombia before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. It means "Land in its Full Maturity". Since 1992, this is also the name that the indigenous nations of America have been using for the continent instead of naming it after European explorer, Amerigo Vespucci.
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Abya Yala - Evo Morales -Bolivia. Video hosted on Youtube. The film Abya Yala: This Land is Ours provides a fascinating look at the social and indigenous movements behind Bolivian President Evo Morales - 'Movement Towards Socialism' (MAS) party. The documentary explores the history of the struggle against poverty and oppression in Bolivia and charts the emergence of a new kind of politics and leadership, showing how these forces have won power at the national level. The film features many indigenous Bolivian citizens as well as academic analysts of the Bolivian situation, it brings understanding of the main issues surrounding the accession to power of the first proud indigenous President in Bolivia since the Spanish conquest. Featuring interviews with indigenous leaders and key members of the MAS government: President Evo Morales, Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera, and foreign Minister David Choquehuanca as well as activists and leaders from Bolivias social movements. “Abya Yala: This Land is Ours”, 75 minutes, directed by Patrick Vanier, Sycomore films (2006) Abya Yala was the name given to the American continent by the native Kuna nations of Panama and Colombia before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. It means "Land in its Full Maturity". Since 1992, this is also the name that the indigenous nations of America have been using for the continent instead of naming it after European explorer, Amerigo Vespucci. The film “Abya Yala: This Land is Ours” provides a fascinating look at the social and indigenous movements behind Bolivian President Evo Morales - 'Movement Towards Socialism' (MAS) party. The documentary explores the history of the struggle against poverty and oppression in Bolivia and charts the emergence of a new kind of politics and leadership, showing how these forces have won power at the national level. The film features many indigenous Bolivian citizens as well as academic analysts of the Bolivian situation, it brings understanding of the main issues surrounding the accession to power of the first proud indigenous President in Bolivia since the Spanish conquest. Featuring interviews with indigenous leaders and key members of the MAS government: President Evo Morales, Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera, and foreign Minister David Choquehuanca as well as activists and leaders from Bolivia’s social movements.
Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959 in Orinoca, Oruro), popularly known as Evo, has been the President of Bolivia since 2006. He has been declared the country's first fully indigenous head of state in the 470 years since the Spanish Conquest. Morales was first elected President of Bolivia on December 18, 2005, with 53.7% of the popular vote in an election that saw the participation of 84.5% of the national electorate. [3] Two and a half years later he substantially increased this majority; in a recall referendum on August 14, 2008, more than two thirds of voters (67.4%) voted to keep him in power. Morales is the leader of a political party called the Movement for Socialism (Movimiento al Socialismo, with the Spanish acronym MAS, meaning "more"). MAS was involved in social protests such as the gas conflict and the Cochabamba protests of 2000, along with many other groups, that are collectively referred to as "social movements" in Bolivia. The MAS aims at giving more power to the country's indigenous and poor communities by means of land reforms and redistribution of gas wealth. Morales is also titular president of Bolivia's cocalero movement — a loose federation of coca growers' unions, made up of campesinos who are resisting the efforts of the United States government to eradicate coca in the province of Chapare in central Bolivia.
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