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Formerly an ally of Morales, Gil is widely credited with having garnered electoral support for him in the province of Santa Cruz, which is considered to be politically conservative. Gil broke with Morales in 2006 over several issues, including alleged corruption in the new government, its confiscatory policies, and the perception that Morales represents a trend towards an authoritarian [[ethnocentrism|ethnocentric]] order which is concerned solely about the interests of some of the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] [[Quechua people|Quechua]] and [[Aymara people|Aymara]] people.