The fly in their ointment is the location of all the natural gas. It's not in the "altiplano," the mountains where Morales' Aymara and Quechua Indian supporters live. It's in the plains around the city of Santa Cruz, an area inhabited by Guaranis (another people, another language) who dislike Morales. In Santa Cruz he was recently shouted down with cries of "liar" and "thief." The Guaranis have a burgeoning separatist movement and Morales could soon have an insurrection on his hands.
Brazil and Argentina say, "the only good indian is a dead indian." U.S. mercenaries are already in Bolivia for the "reconquista."