Leader Of Bolivian Coca Growers Expected To Win Presidential Election
Evo Morales, former leader of Bolivia's coca growers federation, is leading in the polls for Sunday's presidential election. This development is causing headaches in Washington, where the leftist politician has no friends in the Bush administration.
Morales is a potent symbol of defiance towards U.S. anti-cocaine strategies in Latin America.
The United States' "War on Drugs" is a scandal which rarely gets the appropriate attention it deserves for being a blatant abuse of the powerless poor. The loathsome program is most lethal outside the borders of our country. In South America, U.S. special forces train compliant military allies while contractors contaminate the countryside by spraying noxious herbicides.
Many Latin American politicians have been on the CIA payroll over the years.
Lately, however, a number of leaders have started to stand up to the "yanquis." Hugo Chavez in Venezuela is the best known. Evo Morales is the next most provocative rebel. Leftists have also recently come to power in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Morales is the indigenous leader of the political party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS). The name of his party alone gives Washington the shits. His anti-U.S. policy regarding the drug war solidifies U.S. government opposition to his political ambitions.
In the 2002 presidential elections, the U.S. ambassador in La Paz denounced Morales, which caused an understandable rise in the polls for the cocalero. It appears that Morales will not win Sunday's election by a large enough majority to avoid the Bolivian congress' role as tie-breaker.
The United States is hoping that it can rely on a sufficient number of compromised Bolivian congressmen to derail the unwelcome development a Morales presidency would represent to our corrupt drug warriors.
Morales is a potent symbol of defiance towards U.S. anti-cocaine strategies in Latin America.
The United States' "War on Drugs" is a scandal which rarely gets the appropriate attention it deserves for being a blatant abuse of the powerless poor. The loathsome program is most lethal outside the borders of our country. In South America, U.S. special forces train compliant military allies while contractors contaminate the countryside by spraying noxious herbicides.
Many Latin American politicians have been on the CIA payroll over the years.
Lately, however, a number of leaders have started to stand up to the "yanquis." Hugo Chavez in Venezuela is the best known. Evo Morales is the next most provocative rebel. Leftists have also recently come to power in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Morales is the indigenous leader of the political party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS). The name of his party alone gives Washington the shits. His anti-U.S. policy regarding the drug war solidifies U.S. government opposition to his political ambitions.
In the 2002 presidential elections, the U.S. ambassador in La Paz denounced Morales, which caused an understandable rise in the polls for the cocalero. It appears that Morales will not win Sunday's election by a large enough majority to avoid the Bolivian congress' role as tie-breaker.
The United States is hoping that it can rely on a sufficient number of compromised Bolivian congressmen to derail the unwelcome development a Morales presidency would represent to our corrupt drug warriors.
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