"Bolivia's Morales claims election victory"

[ConsAreLiars]

The following is all from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8397908.stm

Mr Morales said that "by holding two-thirds of Congress it now is my duty to accelerate the pace of change".

Official results are expected in the coming days.

Foreign observers have praised the election for its transparency and fairness.

Mr Morales's support base is chiefly among poor indigenous people who account for some 65% of the population - in contrast to his challengers.

"He's changing things. He's helping the poor and building highways and schools," Veronica Canizaya, a 49-year-old housewife, told Reuters news agency before casting her vote at a public school on the shores of Lake Titicaca.

Analysts say a victory for Mr Morales will solidify his dominance in Bolivian politics and weaken the split conservative opposition tied to the business elite.

His other challenger was Samuel Doria Medina, a wealthy businessman.

Both challengers accused Mr Morales of having "totalitarian" ambitions for the country and of being responsible for the rise in cocaine production, says our correspondent, Andres Schipani.

Mr Morales told crowds at his final campaign rally: "There are two roads: continue with change or return to the past."

[EFerrari]

1. A little good news.

:)

[Arctic Dave]

2. Great news. Good for Bolivia.

[EFerrari]

4. For those of us who follow social justice not as a slogan

but as a part of dailiness, what is happening in Latin America is an inspiration.

It doesn't look like our own government shares that view but that doesn't matter. You were there. :)

[ConsAreLiars]

3. I first got the news via a report

on AJE which reported that his campaign was based on the fact that he had been making the changes he had promised, and with the 2/3's in the legislative body, he/they/we would be able to bring about more fundamental improvements in the lives of the people.

Promise needed change for the general populace and then bring change and promise more. A good way to get re-elected.

(edit to fix syntax)

[EFerrari]

5. Morales was targeted for assassination by a group that got USAID funds.

The Human Rights Foundation. The perps ran to ground here in the US.

Our State Department needs to be fumigated.

[ConsAreLiars]

6. One benefit of the fact that US Empire and its corporate owner/operators are committing suicide

by playing the "Great Game" in on the chessboard in Iraq and Afghanistan and mass murdering the people there, the monsters turn their attention and resources a bit away from Latin America and as few more regions.

(edit because seeing it's typed where its was correct makes some of us, me included, go EEEK!)