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Bolivia Interim President: Morales to Be Barred from Next Election

Reuters

   LA PAZ - Bolivian interim President Jeanine Anez said on Thursday
   former President Evo Morales will not be able to take part in upcoming
   elections because he is barred from running for a fourth consecutive
   term.

   Addressing a news conference, Anez added that Morales' vice president,
   Alvaro Garcia, would also not be allowed to run for president.

   Both resigned after a damning audit on vote irregularities was released
   and a "suggestion" by the military to do so to end unrest after the
   disputed Oct. 20 election. Morales later went into exile in Mexico.

   Anez did not announce a new date for elections but under the
   constitution must call for them within 90 days of her taking office on
   Tuesday.

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