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[[File:Evo Morales C Fernandez y F Lugo.jpg|thumb|300px|Evo Morales (left) with [[Cristina Fernandez]] (centre) and [[Fernando Lugo]] (right)]]

[[File:Evo Morales C Fernandez y F Lugo.jpg|thumb|300px|Evo Morales (left) with [[Cristina Fernandez]] (centre) and [[Fernando Lugo]] (right)]]

'''Evo Morales''' (b. 1959) is the president of [[Bolivia]].  He is Bolivia's first indigenous president, and the leader of the Movement for Socialism ([[Spanish]] acronym MAS, for ''Movimiento al Socialismo'') party.

'''Evo Morales''' (born 1959) is the president of [[Bolivia]].  He is Bolivia's first indigenous president, and the leader of the Movement for Socialism ([[Spanish]] acronym MAS, for ''Movimiento al Socialismo'') party.

In December 2009 Morales won a second term by a landslide, with 64% of the vote,<ref>http://www.cne.org.bo/PadronBiometrico/COMUNICACION/ACTADECOMPUTONACIONALGENERALES2009.pdf</ref> while MAS won a two-thirds majority in Congress. This result allowed him to implement a new constitution granting new rights to indigenous peoples and to strengthen state control over the economy, which conservatives have denounced as socialism similar to that of [[Hugo Chavez]] in [[Venezuela]].<ref> see [http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_ID=15065929 '"Economist'' report]</ref>

In December 2009 Morales won a second term by a landslide, with 64% of the vote,<ref>http://www.cne.org.bo/PadronBiometrico/COMUNICACION/ACTADECOMPUTONACIONALGENERALES2009.pdf</ref> while MAS won a two-thirds majority in Congress. This result allowed him to implement a new constitution granting new rights to indigenous peoples and to strengthen state control over the economy, which conservatives have denounced as socialism similar to that of [[Hugo Chavez]] in [[Venezuela]].<ref>see [http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_ID=15065929 '"Economist'' report]</ref>

In his tenure Morales nationalized energy companies, mining corporations, and telecommunication firms, that has lead into a big deficit. His economical policy is based on the politics of [[Cuba]] and [[Venezuela]].<ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2009/claude-cartaginese/kill-capitalism-and-save-the-earth-the-world-according-to-evo-morales/</ref>

In his tenure Morales nationalized energy companies, mining corporations, and telecommunication firms, that has lead into a big deficit. His economical policy is based on the politics of [[Cuba]] and [[Venezuela]].<ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2009/claude-cartaginese/kill-capitalism-and-save-the-earth-the-world-according-to-evo-morales/</ref>