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Former Bolivian President Evo Morales
BOLIVIA’S election authorities have ruled that President Evo Morales can seek re-election next year after he registered as the candidate of the Movement Towards Socialism party.
The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) made the decision at an emergency meeting on Tuesday, clearing the way for him to stand in next month’s primary elections.
Victory in the presidential election would mean a fourth term of office for Mr Morales, who became Bolivia’s first indigenous leader when he came to power in January 2006.
ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ROMERO says the Colombian far-right’s election victory is deeply suspect — and the United States has its fingerprints all over it
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
