As the US election machine grinds on, this insider’s chronicle of Evo Morales’ 2005 campaign for the Bolivian presidency provides a refreshing and fun counterpoint. The country’s first indigenous president is seen in his ‘war room’, surrounded by an entertainingly motley crew of staffers using calculators to crunch numbers. On the campaign trail, they meet up with the coca farmers at the heart of their socialist movement whose eloquent defense of the crop reveals an astute understanding of the economics of the international drug trade.