Bolivians Block Roads in Protest as Morales Election Win Splits Nation

Reuters reports via VoA: LA PAZ – Bolivians blocked streets in La Paz on Friday demanding an audit of a controversial election count that handed President Evo Morales a outright win and with it a fourth consecutive term that would extend his rule to nearly two decades. Morales, 59, who swept to power in 2006…

A “miraculous” missing 17% allowed the MAS to “win”

An Editorial from El Diario, picture from the internet: The abrupt interruption of the calculation in the Supreme Electoral Court on Sunday 20 at 7:40 p.m. and which suspended the counting of the ballots for almost 24 hours – “miraculous” time – allowed “votes to appear” to favor the official candidate of the MAS to…

Bolivia: narrow win for Evo Morales announced in presidential election

Dan Collyns reports for The Guardian: Disputed victory will likely stoke tensions after days of angry clashes and allegations of vote tampering made by opposition Evo Morales has narrowly won a controversial fourth presidential term just as tens of thousands of Bolivians marched in the administrative capital, La Paz, and cities across the country on the fourth…