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Frontrunner Morales Wraps Up Election Campaign in Bolivia

HeadlineDec 16, 2005

In Bolivia, presidential front-runner Eva Morales closed his election campaign Thursday by declaring his election would be a : “nightmare for the United States.” Morales, who has campaigned on a platform to legalize growth of the coca-leaf, is leading polls ahead of Sunday’s vote. If elected, he would become Bolivia’s first indigenous president.

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