Bolivia's fight for autonomy
Updated on 23 January 2006
Our Washington correspondent Jonathan Rugman interviewed the leader of Bolivia Evo Morales who says he is fighting for his country's business interests against those of the US.
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The left-wing heir to Che Guevara and Fidel Castro is the first indigenous Indian to win the presidency in Bolivia - Latin America's poorest state.
He is already taking on the US and other western nations with business interests in his country.
In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News, Evo Morales refuses to destroy Bolivia's coca crop and says he'll nationalise the gas industry.
The American State Department says it's withholding judgment on his Presidency.
