Morales and Peru's Humala tout Latam leftist unity

[Judi Lynn]

Morales and Peru's Humala tout Latam leftist unity
09 May 2006 00:31:00 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Helen Popper

COPACABANA, Bolivia, May 8 (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales and a nationalist competing in Peru's presidential election opened a Cuban-run clinic on Monday, touting it as a sign of regional unity heralded by Latin America's leftist leaders.

The appearance by Morales alongside Ollanta Humala, a former army commander pledging to increase state control over his country's natural resources if elected, came weeks before Peru's June 4 runoff vote.

Hundreds of Bolivians, some chanting "Viva the nationalist presidents!" and waving Cuban flags, greeted both men as they opened the eye clinic, a tin-roofed building in this town on the fringes of Lake Titicaca bordering Bolivia and Peru.

"This is the kind of thing that strengthens Latin American integration -- something that is natural between Peru and Bolivia that have a shared history," said Humala, draped in a flower garland.
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