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Weekly Report - 26 November 2015 (WR-15-47)
BOLIVIA: Campaigns kick off ahead of February
Campaigns are well underway ahead of the February 2016 popular referendum on whether to change the 2009 constitution to allow President Evo Morales to run again in 2019 for his Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS). With current approval ratings of 66% (above the 61% with which he won a third consecutive re-election in October 2014) and the political opposition fragmented, Morales – Bolivia’s longest serving President – is confident of victory.
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