“I have no fear in saying – and saying loudly – that we’re not just anti-neo-liberal, we’re anti-imperialist in our blood,” he told the rally.

Morales, who has already been involved in toppling two presidents, has come close to winning the presidency once before, and is now running strong against conservative former President Jorge Quiroga and several other candidates. If no one wins an outright majority next Sunday, Congress will choose between the top two vote-getters.

The latest poll by Ipsos-Captura shows Morales with 32.8 percent, five percentage points above Quiroga, and gives a margin of error of two percentage points.

“Symbolically, he would represent a fundamental change,” said Jimena Costa, a political science professor at Bolivia’s Universidad Mayor de San Andres. “It’s not just the first time an Indian would win the presidential elections, but he would be doing it with the support of a sector of the white and mestizo community and urban populations.” ~Salt Lake Tribune

Via Antiwar.