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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)]]

[[File:Wiphala.svg|thumbnail|150px|The Wiphala flag, used by the Evo Morales Government alongside the Bolivian National Flag.]]

[[File:Wiphala.svg|thumbnail|150px|The Wiphala flag, used by the Evo Morales Government alongside the Bolivian National Flag.]]

'''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.

'''Evo Morales''' (born 1959) was the president of [[Bolivia]] from January 2006 until November 2019.  He has been Bolivia's first indigenous president, and is 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 [https://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 [https://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_ID=15065929 '"Economist'' report]</ref>