Evo and popularity

From IKN's department of fed-up-to-the-back-teeth-with-this-bullshit-bias, here we go with the latest opinion polls and Presidential approval ratings for Evo Morales of Bolivia. With just two months before the most one-sided presidential race since Chirac vs Le Pen, Evo has been given a 60% approval rating over the length and breadth of Bolivia, up six points since the last poll, by the reliable pollsters Ipsos Apoyo.

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So Evo is popular, period. He's popular because he's been doing a good job. Got that? I know it might be tough to swallow for some of you, but it's just another inconvenient fact that you're gonna have to live with, dudettes and dudes. However there's more to see in the numbers and that's why there are several bars on that chart above. The results have been broken down further and show Evo's support in the three major conurbations of Bolivia. In his La Paz/El Alto stronghold he's running an impressive 84%. In Cochabamba he's polling 56% and is far more popular than his main (adjective used loosely) election opponent, local boy Manfred Mann Villa Reyes or Reyes Villas or whatever his name is. In Santa Cruz, he's polling under 50% but the 39% approval is nobody's idea of a total disaster. Just check how Evo's numbers in Santa Cruz compare to Twobreakfasts in the whole of his country, also according to Ipsos/Apoyo.

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Strange how the English language media that cover South America love to dwell on Evo's unpopularity in Santa Cruz but nary a word gets printed about the utter rejection felt by the Peruvian people all over the country towards their dumbass-in-chief. Strange, innit?

"Ooooh! I love a parade! Don't you?"

Only this one isn't some small fry thing.

Today's the day that pro-Evo Morales marchers from the South of Bolivia who began trekking on October 13th arrive in La Paz. The marchers are demanding that the draft constitution is left untouched from the document approved by parliament last year. (At that parliament meeting the medialuna fascists decided to boycott the proceedings and now they're all crying foul and how it's not fair their voice isn't being heard. Well tough titty, fachas. You had your chance to do things democratically. It should also be noted that contrary to popular press BS, there were plenty of opposition parties present at the time.).

Anyway, back to the march, and this thing is in the tens of thousands of people already. On Saturday as it approached the outskirts of La PAz these photos were taken and reports say the column is an impressive 10km long. That's a lot of Wiphalas, people.

Some dude named Evo Morales will be heading up the column as it enters La Paz today, and then there's talk of an open air session of parliament to ratify the already ratified draft constitution (before it goes to the general vote next year). Of course this is also controversial according to the Bolivian press; this because the Morales opposition controls the media outlets that call it controversial (you following this?).

A final note: Before reading any English media report on today's proceedings, maybe you should take time out and visit a decent source of information about Bolivia's draft constitution; for one thing, it guarantees plenty of self rule and autonomy for the nine departments that make up the country (though you'd never guess it from the way the fascists and their media apologists talk on the issue). What it does guarantee, however, is that Bolivia remains a single unified country. Apparently that's controversial, too......