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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. | '''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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| + | In Dec. 2009 President Evo 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> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
*http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733757_1735592,00.html | *http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733757_1735592,00.html | ||
*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3203752.stm | *http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3203752.stm | ||
Revision as of 19:19, December 10, 2009
Evo Morales is the president of Bolivia. He is Bolivia's first indigenous president, and the leader of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party.
In Dec. 2009 President Evo 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.[1]
References
- ↑ see '"Economist report