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The theme didn't get too much coverage outside the country, but it almost makes Morales' government sink as a stone. Wednesday's welcome in La Paz was something not seen since the end of the Chaco War (that defined the Republican feeling over which the country was built since 1932) In just a matter of days, Morales went from "Defender of Mother Earth" to just "another president" even going deeper than Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada as a capitalist. These last events certainly define an before and after, hopefully, people won't put their hopes again in some innocent face and will be very critic of what actions really show about a person. This peaceful march was (and is) so strong that Morales was forced to criticize his own supporters: he said that cocaleros are doing wrong planting coca everywhere.
But these problematic days are just beginning for Morales, his government has to find real solutions to inflation and falling numbers concerning internal production and exportations. From the government, it has been confirmed that there won't be an increment to the minimum wage next year and that "bonuses" will try to cover it. It is also a public secret that the government is financially broke: the only solution is to stop government's subside to fuels.