22-02-2016 17:12 via news.yahoo.com

Morales facing defeat in key Bolivia vote: early data

Early returns Monday indicated Bolivian President Evo Morales was facing defeat in a referendum on seeking a fourth term in power, but he sat tight pending results from his rural strongholds. Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous head of state, promised to respect the official results of Sunday's vote on whether he can run for re-election to extend his time in office to 19 years. Morales, 56, wants to run for another five-year term when his current one ends in 2020, to continue a socialist program
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