Monday, December 14, 2009

Bolivian President Calls for More State Control & Indigenous Power


After Bolivian President, Evo Morales, was reelected into office on Sunday, he addressed the country's economic state the following day.

According to The Washington Post, Morales vows to to increase state control over the economy and strengthen political power for indigenous groups. Several exit polls showed that Morales's Movement Toward Socialism party has a good amount of back-up, considering he is likely to win two-thirds of the seats in both houses of Congress.

As an Aymara Indian, Morales is Bolivia's first indigenous president. He is incredibly popular amongst Indigenous majority, which supported a constitutional reform this year to allow him to run for a second consecutive term in Bolivia.

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