Tag: Evo Morales re-re-elections

Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 10:21 UTC
Bolivia's electoral court allows Evo to seek reelection despite 21F referendum

Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) Tuesday ruled by 3 votes to 2 that incumbent President Evo Morales and Vice-president Álvaro García Linera were allowed to run at the Movement to Socialism (MAS)'s primary elections to be held on January 27, 2019, where candidates for December's general elections are to be picked.
Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 09:07 UTC
Bolivian court rules Evo Morales can bid for a fourth term, despite voters' rejection in a referendum

Bolivia's highest court cleared the way for President Evo Morales to run for a fourth term in 2019 despite voters' rejection of such a move in a referendum last year.
Thursday, October 12th 2017 - 12:16 UTC
Bolivians in the streets reject president Morales attempt to a fourth running reelection

Thousands of Bolivians took to the streets to protest against President Evo Morales’ attempt to get re-elected despite the fact that the constitution does not allow for a fourth consecutive term. The demonstrations that took place in the country’s nine regional capitals warned President Morales that the people of Bolivia will not allow him to participate in any more elections.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 10:42 UTC
Bolivia: Evo Morales admits he is not ready to go home in 2019

Despite what most Bolivians voted for on February 21, that is against the incumbent president being eligible to run for yet another re-election,
Monday, February 22nd 2016 - 07:45 UTC
Polls suggest Morales narrowly lost the re-re-reelection referendum; Bolivia opposition celebrations

President Evo Morales of Bolivia has narrowly lost a referendum to allow him to stand for a fourth term in office, exit polls suggest. One poll suggests 52.3% voted against the proposal to amend the constitution, while another suggests it was 51%. However, Morales's deputy has predicted Bolivia's first head of state of indigenous origin could still win, as official results trickle in.
Friday, January 23rd 2015 - 06:10 UTC
Morales is sworn in for a third period promises to reduce poverty to 8% by 2020

President of Bolivia Evo Morales on Thursday was sworn in for the third time as his country's head of state, and set as his primary objective reduce further poverty levels up to the end of his term in 2020.
Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 05:38 UTC
Morales invested as Indian leader in Andean ritual calls to defend Mother Earth Pachamama

Bolivian President Evo Morales called Wednesday for a halt to “the crazy race of destroying the Earth in the name of development” after being invested as Indian leader in a ritual at the pre-Colombian ruins of Tiahuanaco, located some 71 kilometers from La Paz.
Monday, October 20th 2014 - 08:46 UTC
Morales 'king' of Bolivia; his two thirds majority in congress open the way to reform the constitution

President Evo Morales swept to a third term with 61% of the vote, electoral officials said in confirming the result. The October 12 balloting was a massive vote of support and a strong mandate to expand his reforms which will have a swift legislative discussion since Morales party obtained two thirds of the Legislative Assembly benches.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 06:32 UTC
The manager of orthodox economics dedicates landslide victory to Chavez and Fidel Castro

Evo Morales easily won an unprecedented third term as Bolivia’s president Sunday on the strength of the economic and political stability brought by his government, according to unofficial results.
Wednesday, June 19th 2013 - 05:58 UTC
Bolivia’s Morales third presidential bid triggers strong controversy, involving OAS

Organization of American States, OAS, Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza apologized to Bolivian president Evo Morales for the disclosure of a letter in which the indigenous leader back in 2008 when the discussion of a new constitution pledged he would not run for a third consecutive mandate.