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**disappointment2** · 11-22-2005, 07:34 PM

The big twist in US-Latin relations will be if Evo Morales gets elected to lead Bolivia, and there is a good chance he will win this December. He is a big Hugo Chavez fan and hard leftist who seems salivating to get the opportunity to jab at the US and its interests. His biggest planned stick-in-the-eye is legalising unrestricted coca production. Right now, coca production is heavily restricted and over 80% of the illegal coca crop is destroyed. A Morales victory followed by unrestricted legalised coca production stands to open the floodgates with cocaine, something that has the US and the EU extremely concerned.

What is a big catch is that U.S. intervention's popularity is at it's lowest point in decades yet these guys are pretty much doing everything they can to hurt U.S. interest in their own countries. They are pretty much putting their countries needs first (which is what they are elected to do) and telling U.S. companies that their needs come behind their needs. I'm sure the administration wants to take action but it would hurt them in the eyes of voters since we already are stretched thin.

11-22-2005, 07:34 PM	#11
disappointment2 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	The big twist in US-Latin relations will be if Evo Morales gets elected to lead Bolivia, and there is a good chance he will win this December. He is a big Hugo Chavez fan and hard leftist who seems salivating to get the opportunity to jab at the US and its interests. His biggest planned stick-in-the-eye is legalising unrestricted coca production. Right now, coca production is heavily restricted and over 80% of the illegal coca crop is destroyed. A Morales victory followed by unrestricted legalised coca production stands to open the floodgates with cocaine, something that has the US and the EU extremely concerned. What is a big catch is that U.S. intervention's popularity is at it's lowest point in decades yet these guys are pretty much doing everything they can to hurt U.S. interest in their own countries. They are pretty much putting their countries needs first (which is what they are elected to do) and telling U.S. companies that their needs come behind their needs. I'm sure the administration wants to take action but it would hurt them in the eyes of voters since we already are stretched thin.
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