"Since 1 980, the United States government has directed its war on drugs against the lowlands of Cochabamba, Bolivia, a place know as el Chapare." "The coca leaf farmers of el Chapare formed a union to stop coca eradication." "Their leader is the Aymara Indian Evo Morales." "We'll work until 6 - no breaks!" "I'm only working until 5!" "I'm working until midnight!" ""...for the love of the Pachamama what shall we leave behind..."" "These are beautiful lyrics." ""MAS MAS MAS with you we are MAS."" ""We are MAS."" "Pachamama is the Earth Mother." "Great song." "I would say that it was soccer that put me in touch... with the coca unions of the Tropics called cocaleros." "During the dictatorship, when I was with a group of players... we saw a Quechua brother burned alive by government forces." "They doused him with gasoline, and lit him on fire." "Up until that day I believed... that the president was the father of all Bolivians." "I had little education, and no ideology... but we began to question... why the president would have to burn someone alive." "We couldn't understand." "I couldn't understand." "...that happened back in '81 ." "Let's go have breakfast, boss." "Put the camera down for a while." "Come on." "is there any Api (corn soup )?" "Can I get some here?" "EVO MORALES, presidential candidate Movement Toward Socialism (MAS )" "Jeanette Ramirez, Evo's secretary" "Any Api?" "Not yet." "Where can I find some?" "Are there any hot cakes?" "I'm going to make some." "What do you want to drink?" "Mixed Api?" "Or plain?" "Mixed." "Get me the hotcakes, boss." "I'm going to fry some up for you." "Good luck." "Good luck." "I always bring good luck." "60 days before election" "Campaign opening La Paz" "People will gather voluntarily at San Francisco Plaza." "It seems the problem will be transportation." "By 1 0 am, we will have at least from Oruro and other places." "They will have to fight each other for a spot." "Ten busloads have arrived up to now, and we're looking for more buses." "All the musicians are volunteers." "Of course, they know it's good publicity." "Both the national, and international press will be there." "Even CNN." "Today, I heard that seven television networks from Europe arrived." "The problem is that everyone is going to want to give a speech." "We don't have that much time." "The suggestion I want to make is... that the speeches be short and clear." "[TUTO:" "A new Bolivia with progress and peace]" "This rally, comrade Evo, has great significance... for you as well as for us." "It's going to have a psychological impact on the right wing." "This is the first time the miners commit fully to a political party." "Any more comments?" "This is an historical occasion for the indigenous majority." "We are going to do something that has never been done before." "I'm arriving at your house now." "Alvaro Garcia Linera, vice-presidential candidate MAS l never imagined myself here." "I didn't even seek it." "I always imagined myself in a lower office, but seeing an indigenous president... has always been a personal dream of mine." "And history has given me the privilege to help make that happen." "The indigenous communities are always on my mind." "When I die, I would like to be buried in the "altiplano,"" "in Aymara territory." "My soul is there, the best of me is there." "I'm an Aymara." "Javier Escaleras, Evo's driver" "Evo is Aymara." "Javier Escaleras, Evo's driver" "Javier Escaleras, Evo's driver" "But to find work he had to move to a tropical region called El Chapare." "He speaks and understands Quechua." "Speaks and understands Aymara." "But he is not fluent, not enough to make a speech." "He understands though." "Did you hear about the possible coup d'etat?" "Do you think that would be the end for us?" "Voice of vice-presidential candidate Alvaro Garcia Linera We have to protect ourselves." "We have to lead the resistance." "We will resist." "We need to defend ourselves from the very beginning, brother." "Make sure nothing happens to you." "We need to double your security, Evo." "If something happens to you, we will be lost." "The country will be lost." "If your are safe, you can lead the resistance." "The defense of democracy." "Put an end to those kind of politics." "Your home is Cochabamba, right?" "But you know what?" "La Paz is going to give you the victory." "This way." "Alvaro Garcia Linera, vice-presidential candidate, MAS" "Traffic is blocked off all the way to the university." "Everything is blocked off." "Hi, how are you?" "Good day." "Hi Evo." "Scumbag!" "Evo for president, Evo for president!" "Incredible, didn't you think?" "I was told it was broadcast live on CNN for 1 8 minutes." "Live." "Alvaro seemed to be quite taken by the dancers." "Were you nervous yesterday?" "Did you have butterflies in your stomach?" "Edmerinda Sinka, hairdresser What butterflies?" "Edmerinda Sinka, hairdresser Butterflies in my stomach?" "I don't understand." "I mean, were you nervous?" "Yes." "I was nervous." "The crowds went all the way to Montes Avenue." "All the way to Montes Avenue?" "All the way to Montes Avenue!" "The picture on today's front page is incredible." "This morning my comrades told me there were 1 40,000 people." "I think there were at least 80,000." "Yes, and more and more kept coming." "We don't pay people to attend the rally." "My opponent Tuto pays people." "This time we helped with the transport of the musicians." "But the party didn't pay... it was a donation from a transportation company." "Everyone pays their own way." "The party doesn't spend a dime in El Chapare." "It's all union, union, union." "The press was asking people... how much money they had to come to the city and then return home." "Nobody is paying them to come." "Even if I had the money, I wouldn't pay." "It's a matter of ethics." "Anyway we don't have the money." "Next time you might have to... paint my whites." "I can see some whites." "You want to dye your grey hairs?" "No, no." "We'll just take them out." "You have some already?" "Yeah, some." "Thank you, boss." ""We are MAS, many MAS." "Long live Socialism."" ""Evo si, yankees no." "Death to imperialism."" ""Death to capitalism."" "It's raining really hard." "I hope my comrades come." "When it rains, a lot of them don't come." "Leonilda Zurita, deputy senatorial candidate, MAS" "My union is made up of 27 chapters, so we divide them in three regions:" "left, center, right." "Since the distances are so great... we make smaller meetings so more can attend." "My mother would make this same braid to take me to school." "Women's coca grower union El Chapare" "A lot of our comrades can't read or write." "So we must memorize this to later explain it to our fellow union members." "Thank you, comrades." "You don't need to be tall to be a leader." "You don't need to be tall, you don't need to be blonde." "Do you need to be an engineer, a doctor, or a lawyer to be a leader?" "You don't need a degree to be a good leader." "There are comrades who couldn't go to school, so they can't read or write well." "The best writers don't necessarily make the best leaders." "What do we look at when we choose our union leaders?" "We look at their honesty." " Untranslated subtitle - ls that right?" "Come on, comrades." "Wake up, and let's do some exercise." "Come on, comrades!" "Sit down." "Now stand up." "Stretch your arms." "Long live the women's union." "Viva!" "Long live Comrade Evo." "Viva!" "Long live our political party." "Viva!" "Long live the coca leaf." "Long live." "Long live the coca leaf." "Long live." "Death to the yankees." "Death!" "Take a seat comrades, you've woken up." "Evo's farm, El Chapare" "At sunrise I would go off to work." "I'd bring my breakfast... and my lunch." "My neighbors didn't start working... until 8 am." "By that time, I had already gotten a lot done." "So I could take my break, have breakfast, and go back out at 1 pm." "Since I already had my lunch ready, I could listen to the news on the radio." "At two or three, I would get back to work." "In the evening, I would come home early to cook." "Before the capitalist reforms, I was a rice farmer." "You could make a good living from rice." "What did I grow after rice?" "For a while, I grew bananas." "Plantains." "We could hardly carry them!" "And how much did we get for a bushel?" "Ten cents." "We would have to sell three bushels... to buy a beer." "I was a union leader by then, wasn't I?" "Yes, yes I was." "I was dedicated completely to union activity." "I was so busy, my father once said to me:" ""You're like a dog, you only come here to eat and sleep."" "He was right. I spent all my time in the union." "So your political life began here?" "Yes, back there at the San Francisco union." "My land is so uncared for now." "This river is beautiful!" "During rainy season it floods." "It overflows." "I can't fish." "It bores me." "You spend all night waiting... lt could be 4 or 5 am, and still no fish." "And the next day, you are exhausted." "I've only gone fishing two times." "I prefer to buy them." "My land is well respected, even though it's abandoned." "There's nothing growing on it now." "My land is so uncared for now." "I've never been married." "Never." "Not even a tantanako." ""Tantanako" means living with someone you're not married to." "Take a swim, boss!" "We have some time." "Get in there, Marcelo." "That will get the girls excited." "Comrade look at that body." "Marcelo Zurita, Press advisor" "Marcelo!" "Don't let him drown." "We will be left without a president." "This reminds me of my days here in El Chapare." "Javier Escaleras, Evo's driver" "MAS party headquarters, Cochabamba" "That's too small for you." "Try this one." "How much are we charging for these?" "How much?" "Thirty bolivianos." "Leonilda Zurita, deputy senatorial candidate, MAS" "Why can't I get this right?" "Let me try again." "I thought you could get this done in ten minutes." "Teodoro Angulo Arce, Leonilda's husband" "Oh Lord, help me!" "Your calculator is broken." "You should throw it away." "Your pressing down too hard on the keys." "Do it softly." "I'm beginning to memorize these numbers by heart." "Really." "Where can we find a better calculator?" "You're no longer my queen." "Don't make me laugh." "You're not too good at that." "Let's try again." "962" "75 plus 1 ,01 4." "Minus 551 6." "We subtracted already." "We were supposed to add." "That's what I'm not sure about." "We have to subtract." "No more adding then." "What do we have to do?" "We have to subtract." "Alex Contreras, campaign manager" "Let's look at some of these photos." "I really like this one." "It's beautiful." "There's no reason to alter this one." "Just put a calendar at the bottom..." ""Vote with your conscience, Evo for President."" "Alvaro looks funny with that indigenous hat." "Those hats make him look like a little girl." "People like calendars with lots of crowds." "Yeah, "We are MAS."" "This one is nice as well." "I look happy and excited." "Let's make some pocket calendars with this one." "It should have a slogan." "The hat is for the nationalization of our gas." "The coca and poncho for our identity." "And the staff to lead following the people's will." "And the whip to punish the lazy, the liars, and especially the corrupt." "I've never been part of any political party." "This is the first time." "Because this man is of our same color." "This man has come forth from our peoples." "We hope that with this Evo Morales things will change for us." "We think that the indians, the poor people... will now have a chance." "This pickaxe is for Bush." "Javier Escaleras, Evo's driver They are taking the plaster up there... to write "Vote for Evo."" "The coca fields have a story." "We did not turn our coca into a drug." "The U.S. turned it into a drug." "We are innocent." "They have come and made drugs out of our sacred coca leaf." "And they are the ones who use it." "They are the ones who demand it." "What is Coca Cola made from?" "And that's theirs." "Coca cola is made with coca." "Imagine if we told the U.S. to stop making Coca Cola?" "And Coca Cola is world famous." "That would make them very sad." "We can control the situation by ourselves without the U.S. military intervention." "We can apply our community justice." "To those who deal drugs..." "You want a flag?" "Hey, get these people a flag." "We want hats." "Other parties give out hats." "I don't have any hats." "What are you going to do for us?" "What do you need?" "Come on, comrade Evo... take care of the coca crops." "By trying to defend coca, I've almost gotten myself killed." "How could you doubt me?" "We live off coca." "Without coca we have nothing." "Our children work in the coca fields." " Please, Evo!" " How can you doubt me?" "There are some things I might not know about." "But this political party grows out of the fight for coca." "Protests, blockades..." "Coca has given birth to the MAS party." "What do you say?" "So much fighting against zero coca policies, and now people have realized we were right." "I went to the U.S. for a meeting... for the first time... about the drug situation." "I was there to explain why we defend the coca leaf." "Lots of people say that the coca leaf is a drug." "I took lots of coca with me." "In customs, they found my coca and the pictures of the massacres." "My invitation was in English so I didn't know what it said." "The person at immigration asked me, "Where are you going?"" "I showed her the invitation." "I also took a lot of coca inside my books." "And when I handed it to them, they were afraid to touch it." "They smelled it thinking it would have some special odor." "They thought that coca leaf was a drug, ready to consume like marijuana." "Of course not, I explained that coca is used to make tea, and some of them understood." "You're going to have to forgive me." "I wasn't able to catch the chicken, so I made this only with egg." "Coca used to go for twenty cents a pound." "But now, after the forced eradication, it's gone way up." "A load of coca costs about 1 90 dollars." "That's about two dollars a pound." "Now that it's grown, look, it's taller than me." "I can now harvest and pay for my kid's schooling." "Or fix up my house because my comrades are getting ahead of me." "They already have tile roofs." "I haven't gotten there yet." "Coca-grower union meeting El CHAPARE" "Long live comrade Evo Morales!" "Viva!" "Good afternoon, comrades!" "Sorry I'm late." "But I see many of you are late as well." "Since there's no disagreement, let's continue." "The Secretary is going to take attendance." "Raise your hand by region." "Yungas" " El Chapare." "Centrales Unidas." "Women of Chimoré." "Centrales Unidas." "Women's Yungas" " El Chapare." "Comrade Evo is present." "We're against the economic model of neoliberalism." "It's easy to see... what capitalism is." "An economic and political model." "For the rich, not for the poor." "Comrades now that we as a union, have the possibility... to change these policies for the rich, at the ballot box, they are thinking up clever ways to stop us." "At first they were betting on these elections, thinking Tuto was sure to win." "Now, when this representative of capitalism... of multinationals, of the policies of zero coca crops, of the privatizations, is no longer winning the polls, the U.S. Embassy conspires to suspend the elections." "And also comrades, they're planning a coup d'état." "Comrades, let's talk about the campaigning for the election." "I would like to know what you're thinking." "We are committed and we have all the time we need... to put our adversaries to death in the polls." "So they can never return." "The poor are finally going to come out on top." "It hasn't been easy." "I know, comrades, because I am old... and I wear the scars." "I wish you the best of luck, comrade Evo." "Comrades, thanks for your attention." "Before I go, help me say:" "Long live the Coca Union!" "Viva!" "Long live our political party!" "Viva!" "Long live the coca leaf!" "Long live!" "Death to the yankees!" "Death!" "Thank you very much." "What happened is that the U.S. government..." "Alvaro Garcia Linera, vice-presidential candidate, MAS What happened is that the U.S. government..." "Alvaro Garcia Linera, vice-presidential candidate, MAS made coca leaf eradication a priority." "It was at the top of their agenda." "The U.S. intervention was extremely violent." "They had severe laws put in place." "There were also systems of persecution and killings." "Until the 80's, there was no structured El Chapare organization." "Nobody had heard of El Chapare." "But nobody had yet bothered them." "But when they were attacked and fenced in... they began to come together, to join forces." "And when they added to that the influence of the miners, with their union know-how, they became much stronger." "And the greater the repression, the stronger they became." "Listen, try to catch that chicken." "Try now, because in the morning you won't be able to." "Alright then, put some more noodles in." "Alright, bye." "But after founding the women's union... now the women fight in the front lines." "Because when the men were at the front... the soldiers would hit them with all their might." "But now that the women are at the front... and the men at the back... the soldiers hit the women first but with restraint." "With love." "They do hit us, but not as hard as they hit the men." "Women's union voting rehearsal, El Chapare" "We only have about twenty days before election day." "So today all the women are going to practice voting." "Let's see how many of you get it right, and how many of you get it wrong, comrades." "So for president, vote for our candidate... comrade Evo Morales." "Our candidate for congress is Jorge Ledesma." "And our candidate for governor Jorge Alvarado." "Some of you already know how to recognize them, but some don't." "What is the color of our flag?" "What is it?" "Blue!" "White and blue!" "...and black!" "These are the ballot boxes." "The election table is set up so you can register." "As you can see, the boxes are empty." "So now comrades, get in line!" " So what are we going to begin?" " Elections!" "National Elections!" "Everything is set up." "Make sure to stay in line for the vote." "Ok?" "Comrades!" "You can't leave before... we count and go over the votes." "Some one signed instead of checking the box!" "Doesn't count!" "MAS." "MAS." "This one also doesn't count because someone checked three boxes." "MAS." "Doesn't count because someone went over the line." "We just threw away 11 votes for president!" "For us this is an important exercise... because many comrades can't read or write." "And so some of them mark over the line... and some got the color wrong... because another party has similar colors." "But this practice will be good for them for the election." "Sperandio Ravatto, priest of El Chapare" "This organization... is a little shocking." "They invited me to one of their union meetings." "When I arrived, I thought "Great, there are so many Catholics." "Because I thought everyone was there to see me." "But later I found out that they had to be there whether they liked it or not." "Those who don't attend union meetings are fined." "If you don't pay the fine, the leaders of the union... could send you to jail." "Off you go to jail." "I don't know exactly what good this can accomplish." "But they have their own rules." "And in the end, the truth is that the MAS party controls everything here." "In every sense." "During the last congressional election, someone who was supporting another political party, was threatened." "Have you seen the "palo santo"?" "I've seen someone die." "Because the tied him up to the palo santo and only let him go... when he couldn't stand anymore." "The union headquarters are about half a mile from here, and there's a jail for comrades who misbehave or hit their wives." "We lock them up." "Sometimes a comrade might steal or break some law." "Then he is tied up to the palo santo." "This is the palo santo." "These are the ants." "These ants bite and can, according to some, kill a person in fifteen minutes." "When we punish comrades, we don't tie them up for so long." "Only two or three minutes." "At that point, they might faint." "Now, if you come close, they show up." "and they start mobilizing." "It's like an organization." "All you need to do is touch it." "As authorities, we tie them up, and the punishment happens by itself." "Comrades, it makes me very happy to be here with you today." "Because you, the members of the coca union, have brought me to where l am today." "Together we learned to fight in defense of this coca leaf." "By defending the coca leaf we learned to fight against water privatization." "After defending our water, we moved on to defend our gas." "So we've learned to defend all our natural resources." "This is the pride and joy of the cocaleros of Cochabamba." "We are cocaleros but on top of that... we are Aymaras, Quechuas, Guaranis, rightful owners of this land." "And they will never be able to stop this popular uprising!" "Never!" "And if they don't let us win democratically, then beware!" "Because the people might rise and take power by force... from those unwilling to let go!" "Adriana Gil spokesperson for the MAS I'm going to tell the press that it's untrue... that Evo called for an insurrection." "He only warned that if elections are not held, the people will revolt." "Since I am the spokesperson for the MAS here, the networks call me." "Then I go to defend the party line." "Or simply say, "No sir, Evo Morales said no such thing!"" "When we return, we're going talk to Adriana Gil." "We are going to talk about the elections." "The role of women in politics." "Hello Adriana." "Good morning." " Good morning." "We will be right back with Adriana Gil." "That was her music and now you are going to hear her speak." "How are you, Adriana?" "Hello, Ezequiel, happy to be here." "A person from Santa Cruz that supports Evo?" "There are a lot of us and every day we are MAS." "He spoke of insurrection but only as a warning." "Be careful because if this congress continues to allow, multinationals to rob us of our resources then we will revolt." "Not now, that's why we gave them warning." "But if they don't listen to us, of course we would revolt." "And now a commercial break, and when we return... we'll be talking with a Bolivian who has triumphed abroad... and has even been selected - believe it or not - to the Brazilian national soccer team." "My name is German Vargas and I'm a textile worker" "The United States buys many of the things we make." "Thanks to those exports, 1 00,000 workers like me, have enough to feed our families." "I have nothing against Evo Morales," "But if he becomes president, the United States will stop buying from us and our factories will close." "I'm really afraid of losing my job." "Fundraising dinner, Santa Cruz" "Comrade Evo, we are sure you will be president." "I want to say that we love him here in Santa Cruz... because those of us who know that our natural resources will help us move forward," "Adriana Gil spokesperson for the MAS because those of us who know that our natural resources will help us move forward, love and protect him." "I'm surprised and even nervous about being at such an expensive hotel, with business people who support the poor, the indigenous groups... and the workers." "It's true we've been demonized, and also discriminated and oppressed." "But events like this one show that people can no longer... humiliate us." "And it shows that not all of you were like that." "We support your ideology." "You have my vote." "Mr. Morales, is it true you won't debate Tuto?" "Fucking indian!" "Get out of here shit head!" "Fucking indian!" "Fucking indian!" "We don't like him here in Santa Cruz." "He is a fucking indian." "How is an indian going to govern us!" "How can someone who doesn't even have a grade school education govern us!" "Does he bother you?" "Of course, he comes to Santa Cruz where nobody likes him." "Evo is an insult to the people of Santa Cruz." "That guy is wrong." "We are all Bolivians." "They shouldn't let him come here." "Why does he come here, if he doesn't like the people of Santa Cruz!" "They shouldn't let him in." "We don't like him, we don't want him." "He doesn't like us either." "He should build his own airport in El Chapare." "Javier Escaleras, Evo's driver" "Javier Escaleras, Evo's driver The papers said a lot about Evo today." "Let's look." ""The Interamerican Development Bank does not fear an Evo victory." "It will continue financial aid." He wanted you guys to read this." "Here again." "No, Evo's not in this one." "That one was good." "This is good, boss." "A dinner for presidential candidate Evo Morales." "Evo gave people a lot to talk about." "There were small and medium business people present... like Marcelo Urbach and Salvador Ric." "They are important people." "The guys the papers mention are big businessmen." "They really liked the fact I said that I will not extort businessmen... before or after elections." "That's good." "I heard that made a lot of noise." "You know how it is, 1 0%, 1 5%, even 20% kickbacks..." "This is my former mayor from El Chapare." "He is the first mayor of the MAS." "I was the head of the union, and he was the second in command." "He became mayor and went on to serve two terms." "Ten years, right?" "Nine years." "He was the best mayor of Bolivia." "The rules of the MAS don't allow for more than two terms." "Just one reelection." "He was expelled from the mayor's office by the MAS party rules..." "They are scared." "Leonilda Zurita, deputy senatorial candidate, MAS" "He can stay on." "He is the only man that can stay on." "Others need to be changed, because they are not like him." "Nobody is like him." "Teodoro Angulo Arce, Leonilda's husband Nobody is like him." "Teodoro Angulo Arce, Leonilda's husband There is no second Evo." "There is no second Evo." "He should govern for 45 years like Fidel Castro." "Because there is no other man like him in Bolivia." "There is no one with his ethics." "They all sell out for money." "For a million dollars they'll do anything you want." "Not Evo." "He'll never sell out." "Looks good, huh?" "But the MAS rules say only two terms?" "That's only for the lower candidates." "There's no two-term limit for him." "Aren't you going to wear your boots?" "There's no two-term limit for him." "Come right in." "My home is a bit messy, boss." "Take a seat." "Hello, Gustavo." "Are we going to the soccer game?" "Let me show you the picture of May Day." "It's a beautiful picture." "This is on May Day." "With Fidel, a hero." "This must have been in the morning." "And this is on April 29th." "The "axis of evil." Watch out, boss." "Protest at the summit of the Americas, Mar del Plata, Argentina" "Diego Maradona, soccer player" "Diego Maradona, soccer player Hello. lt's Diego." "Diego Maradona, soccer player Hello. lt's Diego." "How's it going, Commandante?" "I'm here at the march." "Raise your flags!" "Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela Raise your flags!" "Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela" "Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela l embrace the Argentine people!" "I embrace the Argentine people!" "Long live Eva Perón!" "Long live the motherland!" "Long live the unified motherland!" "Long live Che, God damn it!" "To hell with the Free Trade Area of the Americas!" "One minute of silence... in memory of The Free Trade Area of the Americas." "I want to salute an indigenous fighter, Evo Morales!" "Thank you, Comandante." "Greetings to all of you, Latin American anti-imperialists." "Continue the fight to liberate Latin America!" "Thank you, Evo." "Applause for this great fighter!" "Long live the Latin American Indians!" "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." "Welcome, Mr. Evo Morales." "Thank you for being here today." "Good evening and thanks for the invitation." "Mr. Morales you have been heavily criticized by the PODEMOS party of Tuto Quiroga, after you called President Chavez "Comandante" at the Summit of the Americas in Argentina." "If you win the elections, do you think... your actions at the America's Summit will make it difficult for Bolivia to get loans... from the imf, Interamerican Development Bank and the World Bank?" "Let me begin by saying that there are many names we can use for our leaders." "A president is also the commander in chief of the armed forces." "So any president can be called "Comandante" as well." "Does president Chavez help you?" "Does he pay for your trips to Venezuela?" "Do you have an office in Caracas?" "And, if you win, will we find ourselves invaded... by Cubans like has happened in Venezuela?" "I don't receive money from any government." "To even ask me where l have my office... is a question aimed to trick people." "Where could Evo Morales have his office?" "In Venezuela?" "In Cuba?" "Of course not." "You have said that there are large landowners in Santa Cruz." "Lots of land in a few hands." "Can you give us five names of people who have too much land." "We'll talk about that at an appropiate time." "You know that there are landowners who don't farm on their land." "I believe that land should be redistributed to people who need it." "Giving land to a peasant is like giving him a job." "I won't ask you for five names, give me two or three." "Who is it that has too much land?" "Sorry comrade my time is up." "I have another appointment." "Campaign house, La Paz" "It's better if we do it in here." "Isabel!" "Hello, Edmundo, where are you?" "Get right over to the campaign house." "Come right now. I want to know what the courts are saying." "This very moment." "Thanks, bye." "Isabel!" "Yes?" "If I ask you to do something, don't ask someone else to do it." "But Mr. Evo I got a call... I told you to call Eva, please." "It was you I told." "Do it yourself." "This right here I don't like." "Bring this down a bit, but don't shave it." "Don't you think?" "It looks like a goose tail." "Please get 50 thousand posters to the women's coca union." "Make sure to give them whatever they need." "Right now we're organizing just like we did for the campaign opening." "There are four commissions working on protocol and stages." "But maybe... we should get those commissions working." "I am going to order one to oversee their work." "That committee will oversee and the commissions will execute." "That's right." "Thank you." "Hello, Janette." "Aren't you guys coming?" "The people have been waiting for a long time." "I arrived a little before six, and they were already waiting." "Evo's phone is still busy." "I honestly don't know what's going to happen." "I can't show my face." "They'll think we lied to them." "We've never been afraid to vouch for him before." "And for him to do this to us is going to be very hard." "It's going to hurt." "I know you want to make up for it." "Don't forget that our people hold a grudge." "They won't believe that comrade Evo is sick, because we told them he would be here at 5 pm, and then at 6 pm." "I told everyone from the beginning." "If Evo can't come, then he should tell us from the outset." "I don't like to make false promises." "Mr. Evo Morales, how do you plan to legalize coca?" "The coca leaf is already legal in Bolivia." "And the latest study by the World Health Organization... has proven scientifically that the coca leaf is not poisonous." "It's not harmful." "Harvard University research says, coca leaf is the most nutritious food in the world." "They recommend not only to chew coca leaf, but also to eat it." "Those are important university studies." "The chain of command is the pillar of the armed forces." "Will you respect this institutional hierarchy?" "When I started my military service, I knew I had to respect the chain of command." "Since I didn't know the ranks, I would say to everyone, "Yes, sir." "Yes, sir."" "At that time I knew I had to respect higher officers." "On top of that, if I win the elections, I will become commander in chief." "And then you will have to respect me as your commander-in-chief." "What do you say?" "Night before elections, El Chapare" "This guy is not only a photographer, he can also make a barbecue." "Cheers comrades!" "They may say we are drunks but it's hot." "A toast to victory!" "The first year I received a Christmas bonus from Congress, I thought I had to spend it all on Christmas day and New Years." "And I couldn't finish it." "So the next year I spent half my bonus," "and gave the other half to the union." "It was enough to buy food and drink for" "With only half my congressional Christmas bonus." "And we hired music bands." "And the next year I thought..." ""l'm not the only one with a Christmas bonus, the mayors have one as well."" "So it became a union rule:" "any member who held public office had to give half of the Christmas bonus... to the "big family," the union." "So now there's more than enough money for food, drink, and party." "Union members are obligated to come with their wives, but this guy over here instead of bringing his wife along, brought his mistress." "Who do you take Evo?" "They bring me a woman from every union chapter." "In the Andean culture, this signifies marriage." "I am sure that if Chavez gives a speech in the U.S., he will draw a bigger crowd than Bush." "You think he would be more popular than Bush?" "Of course." "It's possible." "You think I'm kidding?" "I am sure of it." "Damiana Gonzalez de Zurita, Leonilda's mother Thanks, Mom." "Damiana Gonzalez de Zurita, Leonilda's mother" "Damiana Gonzalez de Zurita, Leonilda's mother Good evening." "Damiana Gonzalez de Zurita, Leonilda's mother Good evening." "Damiana Gonzalez de Zurita, Leonilda's mother Good evening." "Good evening." "Are you voting tomorrow?" "Yes, I have my documents here." "Your brother helped me update my papers, and he also found my previous voting certificates." "I only have to vote twice right?" "There are two ballots, but you vote three times." "One for president, one for governor, and one for senator." "This is the past referendum certificate." "Good job, Mom." "What referendum was that?" "The first question was, if you wanted to annul the capitalization laws of former President Sánchez de Lozada?" "Yes." "Do you want to strengthen the nation's energy company?" "Yes." "The other one asked if you wanted to export?" "I forgot, it's been two years." "To export gas to Chile?" "Yes, export gas to Chile." "What is this paper for?" "This one you should hand to the delegates at the voting table." "The officials." "Keep a clear head tomorrow, Mom." "Remember the colors of our flag." "Don't worry, I'm ready." "Okay, that's all." "Election Day, El Chapare" "A photocopy is not valid." " But I took it from the original." " Doesn't matter." "Last election you told her she could vote here." "and now you say she can't." "Bring your id card or your military service card." "I don't have them with me." "She's not on this list." "But she registered." "You don't want to sign me up." "Sorry, but you are not on this computer list." "No, your not on the voting list." "Was she told she couldn't vote?" "But she voted here in 2004." "She seems to have been stricken from the list." "I am also having problems." "There might be people stricken from voting lists in rural areas." "I hear this isn't a problem in the cities." "What does this mean?" "The people are beginning to ask questions." "Social groups and indigenous communities are asking for total democracy." "The people will not stand by, and that makes me happy." "Back to you, Egberto, good afternoon." "I need to call Evo and let him know." "There was one woman stricken from the voting list... but there may be more and that's why I need to tell Evo." "There was only one here and that's okay, but the news is now saying there might be more." "Good luck, Evo." "Hello, paparazzi." "You can't film here, boss." "Captain!" "Can we fly to La Paz now and get back by 6 pm?" "It depends on the weather." "If it looks good, no problem." "Don't tell me you're afraid of the weather?" "I can understand being afraid of the empire but not the weather." "If you're afraid, I can be your co-pilot." "No captain, it's better if you stay where you are." "On another flight, he was co-pilot... and made a maneuver that almost brought us down." "Last year during congressional elections, it was just the pilot and me." "He asked me to turn... to lift the nose, to bring it down." "It was beautiful." "What a gorgeous view." "Day after elections, El Chapare" "Now that he is president what is he going to wear?" "And what will he look like?" "I suppose he will have to get a suit and tie made." "You'll tell him, right?" "No, he won't want to." "But he may lose prestige?" "Maybe." "There is a lot of debate around it." "Of course, there will always be." "But presidents always have to wear suits and ties." "No, he won't wear a tie." "Maybe if we forced him, but I don't think so." "Doesn't he have to obey the rules?" "No." "Everyone will be looking at him." "Aren't presidents forced to wear a suit and tie?" "He should be able to make his own choice." "There are some things we just don't understand." "Many of our brothers want him to use indigenous clothing." "That would be beautiful!" "On December 1 8, 2005, Evo Morales became the first indigenous president of Bolivia." "He won 54% of the vote-the largest margin in the country's history." "Leonilda Zurita is deputy Senator for the state of Cochambamba."