Many who read my blog (even occasionally) I said, some very affectionately, (see previous posts) that I should write about the amazing (bravo by pollsters * sarcasm *) Results of Presidential elections in Bolivia. Everyone is asking from the day they announced the first results and Evo Morales won the election was over 50 percent of the votes which is what the future holds for this country. Seemed to be coming a Hugo Chávez to the throne, but after the visit of Evo Morales in Santa Cruz many were even more confused by the speech pro-free enterprise Morales in Santa Cruz Civic Committee. Unfortunately for the country and for Evo and his supporters will be very difficult to do what they were promised in the campaign: Nationalize the oil, to legalize the coca in Chapare, require the coast to Chile, etc, etc. (See: Plan's governing Movement to Socialism), projects that even my liberal friends in Europe know very well that are impossible (or difficult) to carry out successfully. Today there is no Soviet Union to keep a madman for these latitudes. Es muy probable que Evo Morales termine defraudando a todos los que esperaban que convierta a este país en una segunda Cuba y sea esa misma gente la que termine sacándolo del gobierno a la fuerza como lo hizo con Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada y Carlos Mesa. Estoy seguro que vienen tiempos difíciles para Bolivia por la ejecución de absurdos proyectos setenteros (muy poco probable, pero no imposible) o por traición a los “movimientos sociales” que han puesto al MAS en el poder. La esperanza que queda es que en el oriente el MAS no ganó ni en presidenciales, ni en prefecturales (elección de gobernadores); confirmando así que los pedidos por autonomía son genuinos y no de unos cuantos “oligarcas”. Además shows that indeed there is a conflict of visions in the country.
More on the elections:
http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20051229_005405/nota_247_233756.htm
Bolivia: The Day After - By Peter G. Cavallero
Bolivia's President-Elect to Visit Chavez - By Alvaro Zuazo
Bolivia: Evo Morales May Reject U.S. Aid - By Carlos Valdez
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