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ceed in getting it published. In not progress. Likewise, for 42 The hatred of the West is also Full nationalisation was not
1961 a confidential edition of years, Nuclear disarmament fuelled by the world order, as possible for Morales; so you
his masterpiece, The has been stalled. it is today imposed by needed to come up with a pro-
Destruction of the European Western capitalism. Every posal in negotiations that
Jews, did not receive much We could see this at the five seconds, a child under the would be acceptable to the
attention. It was not until Durban Conference in 2001, age of 10 dies of hunger, and companies.
1985, when the second edi- and in four month's time we 963 million people in the
tion of his book came out, that will restart here in Geneva. I world -- that is almost one Norwegian experts came and
he really attracted worldwide fear that it will be a bigger person out of six -- is gravely examined each oil field, and
attention and that the scienti- catastrophe than before, and permanantly undernou- they arrived at the average
fic authority of Mr Hilberg namely because of the arro- rished. The people of the figure of 18% -- with 18% of
was internationally recogni- gance and the cynicism of South see a direct connection the revenues it was still profi-
zed -- twenty-five years later! some Western governments. between the genocide of the table for the foreign oil com-
They do not excuse themsel- native population, slavery and panies to exploit the field. The
Today we are witnessing ano- ves, nor do they want to make colonialism. Today it is the Norwegians told the
ther return of memory: the reparations. tyranny of the globalized American lawyers who are
memories of the people of the financial capital which specialized in this field -- and,
South have endured terrible In December 2007, the oppresses the people of the by the way, were paid by
suffering from slavery. For French President went to Southern Hemisphere. Hugo Chavez under the dicta-
350 years they endured the Algiers to negotiate an agree- te of the Norwegians -- how
worst conditions during ment between France and 0: You make reference to to formulate the contracts and
which more than 40 million Algeria. The two delegations Norway in your book. leave 18% of the profits for
persons were deported in the were seated at the table and, Why? the oil companies.
most atrocious conditions. before the negotiations star-
Then came the horrors of ted, the Algerian President Norway is a Lutheran coun- This was based on the
colonialism. With the notable Abdela.ziz Bouteflika said to try. Norwegians have a mora- Norwegian model. You
exception of South Africa, French President Nicolas lity that is unique in the control your oil, but it's a
colonial rule ended fifty years Sarkozy: "First, you must pre- world. Norwegian foreign small country in partnership
ago when most Asian and sent your excuses for the mas- policy is dictated by Lutheran with international oil compa-
African countries gained their sacres of Serif' (where 40,000 morality. Norway practises nies. The Norwegians told the
independence. women, children and men solidarity with the people of Bolivians: if you leave them
were injured or killed on 8 the South because of its reli- with 18%, and you keep 82%,
values.
The it's still profitable for them.
The last country to abolish May 1945 by the French gious
slavery was Brazil in 1888, Army). Norwegians also have know- Previously, the Bolivian State
and that's 120 years ago. So how and high expertise -- only received 5% of the reve-
the question is: why is it only President Sarkozy replied: because of North Sea oil they nues. So, within six months
now that these memories are "But, I've not come here for have excellent engineers, from 1 July 2006, Bolivia
coming to the fore -- so late! I the nostalgia". President managers, etc. signed 220 contracts for oil
have put forward some hypo- Bouteflika replied: "Memory explotation. There was only
theses in my book. comes before business" -- and I had the chance to discuss one company that refused this
there was no business. this matter with the President deal, and that was a Swiss
One of them is that the of Bolivia, Evo Morales company which was subse-
memory of the South is now This phenomenon is radically Ayma. He told me that it was quently nationalized. The
awakening. It's a wounded new. the President of Venezuela, Norwegian calculations were
memory which is being trans- Hugo Chavez, who had told really perfect.
formed concretely into Q: In your book you him to contact the
requests for compensation denounce the WTO, the Norwegians to obtain assis- From a social point of view,
and excuses. On the other cotton issue, etc. Does tance. The problem was the Bolivia was the second poo-
side, you have the Western this mean that you are following. Evo Morales could rest country on the continent
countries that dominate the opposed to globaliza- not nationalize his country's after Haiti. Today the new
world. The white population, tion? oil and gas resources; his billions of the oil revenues
although representing only country did not have the help transform the country
13% of the world's popula- No. It's certain that through expertise. Morales needed to and eliminate misery. In
tion, dominates the Earth and this renaissance of the memo- maintain the presence of the Bolivia, 800 Cuban doctors
has done so for 500 years. ry, new historical forces have oil companies in his country, are building the health system
Many of the western govern- been mobilisied. In 2005, but to transform them from all for the poorest people.
ments give their answer by Bolivia elected the first native powerful companies into ser-
refusal, arrogance and cyni- Indian President after 500 vice companies. Today the In his speech on 1 May 2007,
cism. This is the reason why years of colonialism and neo- oilfields belong to Bolivia, the in the Plaza Murillo,
the United Nations is being colonial regimes. The hurt research and exploration is President Morales thanked
almost paralyzed. Look, for memory has resurfaced. It has mostly done by the private Norway. He said "long live
instance, at the UN been transformed in a power- foreign companies. the Norwegian people" and
Millennium Goals -- they do ful political force. he thanked them for their
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