Bolivian President Evo Morales called last Monday for US President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize to be revoked, saying the US leader’s decision to launch a military attack on Libya showed he did not deserve the honor.
“Two years ago we heard that President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, but is he defending peace in the world now, or isn’t he instead fomenting violence?” Morales told reporters, days after Obama ordered the bombing of Libyan military targets as part of an UN-approved effort to protect civilians.
“How is it possible to give the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who has launched an invasion, a bombing? It’s a violation, an assault, an aggression,” said Morales, one of Latin America’s most left-leaning leaders and a vocal critic of the United States.
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“Obama is the leader of a group of thugs who led an assault and an invasion — and that has nothing to do with defending human rights,” he declared.
Obama received the prize in December 2009, less than a year after taking office.
In his acceptance speech in Oslo, Obama referred to himself as “the commander-in-chief of a nation in the midst of two wars” and said armed conflict was at times necessary.
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Obama gave his US$1.4 million (NT$41.4 million) Nobel Peace Prize award money to 10 charities, including groups working on Haiti relief and supporting military families.
(AFP)
玻利維亞總統埃沃‧莫拉萊斯上週一要求撤銷美國總統巴拉克‧歐巴馬的諾貝爾和平獎，聲稱這位美國領導人做出軍事攻擊利比亞的決定，顯示他不配這項榮譽。
聯合國為保護利比亞平民，同意對利比亞展開軍事行動，但歐巴馬下令對利比亞軍事目標進行轟炸後，莫拉萊斯告訴記者，「我們兩年前得知美國總統巴拉克‧歐巴馬獲得諾貝爾和平獎，但他目前有捍衛世界和平嗎？或他不就是在煽動暴力嗎？」
莫拉萊斯說，「怎麼可能將諾貝爾和平獎頒發給一個已經發動武裝入侵與轟炸的人呢？這是違反、襲擊與侵略。」莫拉萊斯是拉丁美洲極左派領導人之一也是對美國暢所欲言的批評者。
他宣稱，「歐巴馬是一群暴徒的首腦，主導襲擊與侵略，而這與捍衛人權是八竿子打不著的事。」
歐巴馬在二零零九年十二月，也就是上任不到一年時，就得到此獎。
歐巴馬在挪威奧斯陸得獎演說中，自稱為「夾在兩個戰爭之間的國家的總司令」，並說武裝衝突有時候是必要的。
歐巴馬捐出一百四十萬美元（約新台幣四千一百四十一萬元）的諾貝爾和平獎金給十所慈善機構，包括幫助海地賑災與幫助軍人眷屬的團體。
（法新社／翻譯：林亞蒂）
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