Bolivian President Evo Morales appears likely to remain in office after winning majority support in a recall referendum.
Exit polls said the socialist leader had secured 60 percent of votes, with 40 percent against. The result of another poll gave Morales nearly 57 percent of the ballot. Sunday's recall vote is the latest in a series of referenda between the socialist president and the country's wealthy provinces over regional autonomy. Since the beginning of the year, citizens in four provinces have voted for greater autonomy from the national government. Each time Morales declared the vote unconstitutional and void. Morales assumed power in 2005 and has passed a new constitution and enacted a series of socialist reforms to aid the poor native population in the mountainous west.
(Deutsche Welle)
more info >>
<< Back