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December 7, 2009

Morales Wins Sweeping Re-Election
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In Bolivia, President Evo Morales has been re-elected in a landslide
victory. Unofficial results show Morales won Sunday’s vote with 63
percent. Voters also gave his Movement Toward Socialism party a majority
in both houses of the Bolivian Congress. Morales ran on a platform of
continuing to expand indigenous rights and redistribute wealth from
Bolivia’s natural gas resources. Speaking before thousands of voters,
Morales hailed his victory as a rebuke of imperial power.

Bolivian President Evo Morales: “The victory in Bolivia is not just for
Bolivians. I want to tell you, with much respect to Bolivians, that this
victory is, at its base, a just acknowledgment. It is dedicated to the
people and anti-imperial government.”



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