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Bolivian President Evo Morales has ended a five-day-long hunger strike after lawmakers agreed to allow him to run for a second term in December. Mercopress reported Tuesday that the new law also gives Bolivia's indigenous communities rights to territory...
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Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, has ended his five-day hunger strike after Bolivia's congress approved a new election law. The law permits Morales to stand again for election on December 6, reserves 14 congressional seats for indigenous candidates...
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Here we begin to reach true equality," Morales told crowds packing the plaza in front of the presidential palace after an unofficial quick count of the vote showed the charter passing 59 percent to 41 percent. The victory was historic in a nation where...
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Bolivian President Evo Morales survived a recall vote on Sunday, according to an unofficial, partial count of ballots at a representative sample of polling stations, private TV channel ATB said. Respected pollster Ipsos Apoyo conducted the quick count...
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President Evo Morales agreed Thursday to stand for election in a nationwide recall vote, gambling that Bolivians will re-elect him after just two years in office. "If we politicians can't agree, it's best that the population decide our destiny," Morales...
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