Reuters
Caroline Stauffer
Aug. 24, 2018
Once a hero to native peoples, Evo Morales faces growing opposition from the diverse ethnicities that made him Bolivia's first indigenous president. After clashes with native groups over development, and controversial maneuvers to stay in office, indigenous voters are now turning against him.CHARAGUA, Bolivia—In 12 years as president of South America’s poorest country, Evo Morales has accomplished many of the goals he set forth when he became the first indigenous person to lead Bolivia.
The 58-year-old leftist and former coca farmer has presided over an economy that has grown by an annual average of 4.6 percent since he took office, more than twice the rate for all of Latin America.
After nationalizing the country’s bounteous natural gas reserves, he pursued market-friendly economic policies and invested export revenue in social programs that helped lift more than two million people, nearly a fifth of the population, from poverty.
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