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Andean Group - October 2014 (ISSN 1741-4466)

Morales does it again

As expected, President Evo Morales handily defeated his closest competitor, Samuel Doria Medina of the centre-right Unidad Democrática (UD), to win a third consecutive mandate on 12 October, making him the longest serving president in Bolivia’s recent history. Also as expected, his ruling left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) strengthened its control over the country, winning eight out of nine departments, up from six in the last (2009) general election. The supreme electoral court (TSE) has yet to announce the final results, but it also looks like the MAS could have recovered a two-thirds majority in the bicameral national legislature, one of its main aims going into this election.

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