Languages

Today's Washington Post reports that Bolivian President Morales' government is making a major push to teach students Quechua and Aymara, Bolivia's two main native languages. He claims the goal is to "decolonialize" Bolivia.

Brazil recently began pushing every student to learn Spanish so that they can integrate better with the rest of Latin America. Chile is making a push towards teaching English to every student. In the private sector, there are the growing number of Chinese courses throughout the hemisphere.

There are always good arguments for learning more languages, but is one government spending its resources more wisely than the others? Which model should other governments in the hemisphere follow?