Evo and Capitalism
By Admin Thursday, December 10, 2009Yesterday Bolivia’s socialist President, Evo Morales, stormed to victory in the country’s election with 67 percent of the vote. The FT now calls him “one of Latin America’s the most popular leaders”. But who is this guy?
Morales has been at the helm since January 2006 when he became the first indigenous president of a Latin American country.
His asencion didn’t command the same volume of magazine splashes afforded to America’s first black President, but in Latin America there was a feeling of euphoria amongst indigenous communities similar to the African-American sentiment in the States on Obama’s rise.
President Morales grew up dirt-poor, left high school before he graduated and went to pick coca leaves… more
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