A year after coup, Evo Morales’ party returns to power in Bolivia elections

In 2019, Bolivia’s president Evo Morales was deposed in a coup after a disputed election. Yesterday, Morales’ party returned to power in the first elections since. Morales was banned from running, but “handpicked” his own successor, Luis Arce.

Interim President Jeanine Áñez — an archrival of Morales — recognized that the socialist movement looked set to return to power in what looked to be a major jolt to South America’s beleaguered left.

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Source: https://boingboing.net/2020/10/19/a-year-after-coup-evo-morales-party-returns-to-power-in-bolivia-elections.html
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