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 LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Newly inaugurated President Evo Morales is inspiring tremendous hope among his overwhelmingly poor citizens with promises to build a "new Bolivia."
But as the latest socialist to ride Latin America's surging leftist tide into power, he faces a tough task in remaking the "old Bolivia."
It is one of South America's poorest nations. Officials are corrupt, roads are crumbling. Hospitals are decrepit. Racism against the Indian majority is severe.
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