THE POLITICAL AGONY OF EVO MORALES, revised version.

El soldado a la izquierda de Morales es el "asaltante" a la embajada
chavista en La Paz!! Como les parece?

A rapidly fading trio.

The last year has been one of agony for Bolivian President Evo Morales. The emergence of a strong autonomic movement in the provinces of the “media Luna”, the half-moon, and the victory of Morales’ adversaries in the province of Chusquisaca has left most of the country in the hands of the opposition. Even in La Paz, the Mayor is suddenly sympathetic with the autonomic movement. In parallel, the financial scandals are mounting. The money given to Morales by Hugo Chavez is being used with a total lack of transparency to buy temporary political loyalties among the military and regional leaders. It has been demonstrated that the recent “attack” against the Venezuelan embassy in La Paz, blamed on the opposition by Morales, was executed by a man driving a car…. rented by the Venezuelan embassy! It has been found that the man who "attacked" the embassy is a soldier of the Morales armed escort by the name of Georges or Jorge Nava. (see photo above)
The members of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been asked by Morales to leave Bolivia, while the coca growers that follow him have requested that the financial aid this agency provided be given, instead, by the more friendly government of Hugo Chavez. Airports run by private companies are being taken over by Morales. These hostile moves have been followed, not surprisingly, by the suspension by the United States of a $600 million grant related to its Millennium Fund.
The Peruvian government has recalled its ambassador from La Paz, after Morales accused Peru of planning to allow the U.S. to install a military base. Peru argues that this accusation by Morales is not only wrong but also a clear case of intervention in its internal affairs.
Meanwhile Brazil and Argentina continue a silent but intense struggle for access to Bolivian gas. Although Brazil will become independent from Bolivian gas exports in the medium term, it still requires most of the gas produced by that country. But gas production in Bolivia has been declining under Morales and, as a result, Argentina is now receiving significantly less Bolivian gas. There is no doubt that this is going to have a further weakening effect on the Morales government, as Argentina will have to court the opposition controlled Bolivian provinces that produce the gas.
The increasing mood in Bolivia is one of great disenchantment with the Evo Morales government. This is combined with an increasing perception that Morales’ “political father”, Hugo Chavez, is in his way out.