Bolivian President Evo Morales, during his recent successful campaign, repeatedly described himself as Washington’s “worst nightmare.” Ollanta Humala Tasso, the front-runner at the end of the first round of the Peruvian presidential race, could well be Washington’s next “worst nightmare.” Sharing a political philosophy with Bolivia’s Morales and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, Humala promises to move Peru in a very different direction than that followed by outgoing President Alejandro Toledo Manrique.

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