Morales Shoots for the Presidency

Bolivia’s second-largest party, the Movement Toward Socialism, proclaimed its leader, coca farmer and indigenous leader Evo Morales, as its candidate for presidential elections scheduled in December. Morales, who lost a run-off to Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in the 2002 elections, has led protests that have toppled two presidents since 2003. He urges greater state control of Bolivia’s minerals, forestry and natural gas reserves, South America’s second-largest.