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Evo Morales

Role
Bolivian president
Lived
1959–
Country of activity
Bolivia Bolivia
Strongest axis
Collectivize 83%

Evo Morales is a Bolivian Indigenous coca grower and former union leader who served as president from 2006 to 2019. He nationalized the gas industry, wrote a new constitution recognizing a plurinational state, and now leads the EVO Pueblo party.

In the 12 Axes register, Evo Morales leans hardest on Collectivize – Privatize: Collectivize 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.

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The twelve axes

Where Evo Morales sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary

Centrist

2009 constitution created a unitary state with autonomies

DemocraticAutocratic

Centrist

Ruled 2006–2019; sought a fourth term despite referendum

SecurityFreedom

Centrist

Governed with strong executive and contested courts

Diplomacy

InternationalismNationalism

Non-Interventionist

Joined ALBA and criticized U.S. influence

MilitaristPacifist 68%

Non-Aggressive

No major offensive military policy

AssimilationistMulticulturalist 83%

Multiculturalist

First Indigenous president; Indigenous languages made official

Economy

Collectivize 83%Privatize

Socialist

Nationalized hydrocarbons in 2006

Planned 83%Markets

Interventionism

State-led development funded by gas revenue

Isolationism 68%Globalism

Limited Trade

Launched Peoples' Trade Agreement as alternative to U.S. free trade

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Moderate

2009 constitution made Bolivia a secular state

Progressive 68%Traditional

Progressive

Plurinational constitution recognizing Indigenous rights

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

No distinct position on technology

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Collectivize – Privatize

On Collectivize – Privatize, Evo Morales is at Collectivize 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.

Most ordinary axis

Internationalism – Nationalism

On Internationalism – Nationalism, Evo Morales is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.

Who is closest in the register

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: EneasMx, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].