BOLIVIA

Unprecedented Gender Parity in Bolivia’s New Cabinet

Evo Morales began his second term as president of Bolivia by swearing in a cabinet Taxi Heathrow Airport made up of an equal number of women and men - unprecedented in this South American nation with a strong patriarchal tradition. "My great dream has come true: half of the members of my cabinet are women, and half are men," said a visibly moved Morales when he presented his new team of ministers Saturday, the day after he was sworn in to a second term.

La Paz, Thursday, January 28, 2010