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(22 Jan 2009) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of band marching and playing outside the government palace in La Paz 2. Wide of Bolivian President Evo Morales receiving new state newspaper and showing it to audience 3. Cutaway of audience applauding 4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Evo Morales, President of Bolivia: "After three years as president, three years since the democratic cultural revolution, it is a huge satisfaction today to officially present to the Bolivian people a new state newspaper, and as such the people's newspaper." 5. Various of 'Cambio', (translates to 'Change') the new government backed newspaper 6. Wide top-shot of Morales arriving at congress to deliver state of the nation address 7. Wide top-shot of congress 8. Morales walking to podium 9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Evo Morales, President of Bolivia: "As we said during the first year of our government: there will never be zero-coca, but coca wont be freely cultivated either. What we have to aim for is zero cocaine. After three years of government, I feel it is difficult to reach zero cocaine." 10. Medium of congress STORYLINE The Bolovian government on Thursday launched its own newspaper, after president Evo Morales complained about news reports in local Bolivian papers. The colour tabloid is named "Cambio," or "Change" features a long interview with Morales promoting the new constitution. A photo on the cover shows the president flanked by adoring children. Morales grew so irked at the local press last month that he said he would no longer hold press conferences for local reporters and said that only 10 percent of journalists were "honourable." Most of Bolivia's private newspapers have criticised the leftist president, and his campaign in favour of Sunday's referendum on a new constitution that would grant greater power to the country's long-oppressed indigenous groups. In sharp contrast, the front-page headline in El Deber, the country's most widely circulated daily, proclaimed; 'Evo completes three years in office with more politics than governing.' The new government backed newspaper joins a state-run internet news agency, television station, radio network and free weekly paper already promoting the government point of view. Later in the day, Morales delivered his state of the nation address before congress, during which he spoke about the controversial issue of coca plantations and cocaine production in Bolivia. Morales admitted his government's promise of eradicating cocaine production would be a difficult one to meet. However, Morales defended his decision to expel the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) from Bolivia in September after he accused it of espionage. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...