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'''Evo Morales''' is the [[president]] of [[Bolivia]].  He is Bolivia's first indigenous president, and the leader of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party.
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'''Evo Morales''' (b. 1959) is the president of [[Bolivia]].  He is Bolivia's first indigenous president, and the leader of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party.
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In Dec. 2009 President Evo Morales won a second term by a
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In Dec. 2009 Morales won a second term by a
 
landslide, with 61% of the vote; his Movement to Socialism party won a two-thirds majority in Congress. The result will allow 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 Chavez in [[Venezuela]].<ref> see [http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_ID=15065929 '"Economist'' report]</ref>
 
landslide, with 61% of the vote; his Movement to Socialism party won a two-thirds majority in Congress. The result will allow 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 Chavez in [[Venezuela]].<ref> see [http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_ID=15065929 '"Economist'' report]</ref>
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[[Category:Heads of State]]
 
[[Category:Heads of State]]
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[[Category:Latin America]]
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[[Category:Socialism]]
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