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Bolivian opposition rejects Morales' olive branch

AP — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:19:06 +0000

Bolivian opposition governors rejected an olive branch offered by President Evo Morales after a bitter nationwide recall vote in which he was approved by a wide...

Early results: Bolivians back Morales in recall

AP — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:07:19 +0000

Voters strongly reaffirmed their faith in President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum that the Bolivian leader devised to try to break a political stalemate in the bitterly divided Andean nation, partial unofficial results...

Unofficial results: Morales keeps job in Bolivia

AP — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:27:12 +0000

Partial unofficial results show Bolivia’s voters have decided leftist President Evo Morales can keep his job.

Morales hopes Bolivia vote will vindicate him

AP — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:31:08 +0000

Voters were deciding Sunday whether President Evo Morales should stay in office in a referendum proposed by the Bolivian leader to try to break a political stalemate in the bitterly divided Andean...

4th Bolivian state moves toward autonomy

AP — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:48:49 +0000

Natural gas-rich Tarija became the fourth Bolivian state to declare autonomy from the central government of leftist President Evo Morales on Sunday when voters backed greater independence in a referendum, according a private quick-count of...

Assassination plot suspected in Bolivia

AP — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:35:23 +0000

Bolivian officials said Friday they have arrested two men who may have planned to kill President Evo Morales. But a local prosecutor quickly released them.Police said the two were arrested Thursday at the El Trompillo airport in the eastern city of...

President Morales sets date of Bolivia recall vote

AP — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:47:00 +0000

President Evo Morales committed himself and Bolivia’s nine governors on Monday to face recall votes on Aug. 10, gambling that his unfinished term will a survive a referendum whose peculiar rules tilt in the populist leader’s...

President Morales approves Bolivia recall vote

AP — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:45:55 +0000

President Evo Morales has approved an Aug. 10 recall election for himself and Bolivia’s nine governors, gambling that voters will re-elect him just two years into his five-year term.Morales has signed the bill amid a fierce political battle...

President Morales agrees to Bolivian recall vote

AP — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:52:24 +0000

President Evo Morales agreed Thursday to stand for election in a nationwide recall vote, gambling that Bolivians will re-elect him after just two years in office.”If we politicians can’t agree, it’s best that the population decide...

Defiant Bolivian state votes on autonomy measure

AP — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:41:16 +0000

Bolivia’s largest state voted Sunday on a sweeping autonomy referendum that leaders said would forge “a new Bolivia,” defying leftist President Evo Morales who called the vote unconstitutional.Only minor scuffles were reported...