The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, a leader of the coca-growing federations of the tropics of that country, will head the management of Club Atlético Palmaflor, of the local First Division, after agreeing on the transfer of the team from the municipality of Quillacollo to the Tropic of Cochabamba.
The club was left in the hands of coca growers from the Chapare region led by Evo Morales, who participated in the meeting that in the last few hours signed the agreement between the Six Federations of the Tropics, the largest coca growers union in the country, and the Palmaflor Mining Cooperative .
“Unionly, we decided to have a team in the League and we began the negotiations for the transfer in the city of Cochabamba,” said Morales – a well-known soccer fanatic – at a press conference that revolved around the acquisition of the club that comes from finish ninth in the Bolivian tournament.
“We want to communicate this unanimous decision that, self-financed as we always do, will comply with all the rules required to have a team in the Bolivian Soccer League. It is an enormous responsibility and next year we will be proudly reporting that the Tropics has its team in the Bolivian Soccer League,” added the leader of the coca growers from Cochabamba.
Trópico de Cochabamba has the Bicentenario de Villa Tunari stadium, where international matches and friendly matches of the Bolivian team have already been played. And the club could also use the Víctor Capriles stadium.
“Trópico de Cochabamba has all the sports infrastructure conditions to organize championships and to receive teams from the league. Therefore, congratulations to Trópico de Cochabamba for this decision it has made,” added the Bolivian political leader, replied the newspaper Los Time.
Regarding the resounding operation, none of the parties gave details regarding the amount of money included in the transaction and the details of the agreement. In the document that seals the agreement, the signature of Leonardo Loza, senator of the MAS, the political party to which Evo and the current president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, belong.