Reply #14: yes please do read this article [View All]

[ann_american2004]

and the replies below it which explain how this 'journalist' doesnt know what he is talking about.

First of all this was backed by Santa Cruz, people who are not Paceno/Pacenas. La Paz is where the seat of government is, though it used to be in Sucre.

Second. Santa Cruz is where all the coca irradication goes on, you think they like Americans? Pah-lease. Too funny. Again this has nothing to do with the US, the so called 'journalist' even avoided drawing such a conclusion. What happened to those people was horrible but it is ridiculous to say the US had anything to do with it. Santa Cruz bore Banzar, they have always been arrogant. On their own.

Let me give you a little lesson. In La Paz, under the government Bolivia has had indigenous politicians. Did you know that? Many. And a woman president. They have had Aymaran mayors and vice-presidents. I - yes I- even had the honor of shaking Vice President Victor Hugo's hand and told his wife- who wore the traditional dress of the Aymaran proudly- what an honor it was to meet her and how she did so much for the advancement of her people and women. Bolivian government had representatives of every party from every background; and the election is not just for the president and vice president but for those seats. It is not a two party race, they have several parties and if they each get enough votes they ARE REPRESENTED. It was more a democracy than here. The mistake of the wealthy was not to spread out the fruits of labor. That was a BIG mistake and finally it was represented in the election. Yes, a real election. But do NOT MAKE the mistake to think that Evo is perpetuating any kind of democracy. He will be a dictator. He was elected but he will not allow another to warm that seat for quite some time. But then maybe you like dictators. Time will tell.