Bolivian President Evo Morales increased his support in a country wide referendum by winning 63% of the vote, up 10 points from the 53% that got him elected in 2005.
If you have been following Bolivian news of late you will know that as far as the United States press is concerned, Morales is a Marxist, communist, socialist enemy of Democracy, Capitalism and even worse (if that is possible) a friend of Chavez and Fidel! He is almost as horrible and terrible as China if fact!
Most of the American press reports on the oil wealthy areas of Bolivia who throw garbage at his supporters and want to keep all the money for themselves and not share it with Indians (and mestizo) like Morales who make up 85% of the population. You know how that works. Screech on and on about free markets until everyone is so sick of hearing it they crap and go blind.
The problem of course is that Morales is redistributing the oil wealth downward rather than upward. And even worse he is giving Indian peasants land to farm! Wow! Just begging for a taste of Shock and Awe!
On the surface it would seem the referendum failed both the interests of wealthy white Bolivians and Americans while helping the vast majority of indigenous Bolivians have a better life. But not to worry, those provinces that control the oil, the land and the wealth have the support of the United States and seem to be in the process of breaking away from the central government. So as has been the case forever in Latin America, Morales and his kind will get the short end of the stick. We know call that Free Market Democracy.