Democracy Now! is reporting that Boliva has become the latest government to speak out against Israel’s military incursion into Gaza:

Bolivia, Venezuela Cut Israel Ties in Protest

Bolivia and Venezuela, meanwhile, have cut diplomatic ties with Israel in protest of the Gaza assault. Bolivian President Evo Morales also backed calls for investigating Israeli leaders.

Bolivian President Evo Morales: “The most serious international crimes should not go unpunished. Any government can back the investigation and punishment of these crimes. Bolivia, a sovereign state that shows it is against violence and respects life, will work with other governments and humanitarian organizations to ask for an investigation in international court for the crimes committed in the Gaza Strip by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and other members of the Israeli cabinet.”

I wonder what it is that makes me take Morales’s stance more seriously than Hugo Chavez. I (think) I trust where Morales is coming from in much the same way I (think) I trust Obama. I know that he’s, in the end, a political figure and prone to do really fucked up things the way all political figures are–but god, my faith in humanity would surge if just this once, a political figure would prove me wrong.