Special Report - Morales, indigenous icon, loses support among Bolivia's native people

FILE PHOTO: Bolivia's President Evo Morales (C) celebrates the sunrise during a winter solstice ceremony in Tiwanaku, Bolivia June 21, 2011. REUTERS/David Mercado/File Photo

CHARAGUA, Bolivia (Reuters) - In 12 years as president of South America's poorest country, Evo Morales has accomplished many of the goals he set forth when he became the first indigenous person to lead Bolivia.

The 58-year-old leftist and former coca farmer has presided over an economy that has grown by an annual average of 4.6 percent since he took office, more than twice the rate for all of Latin America.