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Argentine journalist who specializes in Bolivia and has written a biography of Evo Morales that is a bestseller across South America. It’s called Jefazo: Un Retrato Intimo de Evo Morales (Big Boss: An Intimate Portrait of Evo Morales). He has been following Evo Morales since the mid-1990s and was in Bolivia just last month.

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Evo Morales Accuses Right-Wing Governors of Trying to Stage Violent Coup; 30 Dead, Many Still Missing in Pando

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