"I congratulate the winners and ask them to govern with Bolivia and democracy in mind.". But he fled the country last year after his run for a fourth term ended in accusations that he had committed election fraud, deadly protests and a call by the military for him to step down. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. Remarks he made following the incident will be "legendary," state media said. Morales and his supporters say he was the victim of an orchestrated coup. “I congratulate the winners and I ask them to govern with Bolivia and democracy in mind.”. "We celebrate that a serious conflict was resolved by peaceful and democratic means," tweeted Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Vacano denied Arce was merely a proxy for Morales, who was placed under investigation for alleged acts of terrorism by Bolivia’s conservative caretaker governors and is … People gathering at a newsstand in La Paz, Bolivia, on Monday to read about the election results. He called his ouster a coup. Arce, a 57-year-old economist, is trying to reclaim the Bolivian presidency for Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism, or MAS. The win, still to be confirmed by the official count, would sweep the party of leftist Morales back into power a year after he was forced to resign following a fraught election that sparked widespread protests and violence. “Those who abandoned the MAS last year were thinking ‘if this is the alternative, then no, we prefer what we had before,’” Penaranda said. The result could further deepen divisions within Bolivian society, which cut along lines of race and class, Penaranda said. Mr. Arce has positioned himself as a transition candidate, vowing to carry on Mr. Morales’s legacy, while training younger leaders from his party to take the reins. On Monday, Exit polls showed Evo Morales’s handpicked candidate, Luis Arce, with such a wide lead that his main opponent, Carlos Mesa, conceded. Late on Sunday, Anez conceded and congratulated the winners. Rival concedes as Evo Morales’s party celebrates big comeback that could further polarise the nation. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. For only the second time in recorded history, the Atlantic Basin has spawned a tropical storm named Epsilon. He sat out this year’s vote in neighboring Argentina. Jeanine Anez voting at a polling station in Beni, Bolivia [Courtesy of Bolivian Presidency/Handout via Reuters]She brought trumped-up terrorism charges against Morales, and clamped down on MAS officials and supporters – prompting allegations of human rights violations by rights groups, and further fuelling polarisation in the country. Luis Arce (second from right) celebrated the quick count with his running mate David Choquehuanca (first from right) A quick count suggests socialist candidate Luis Arce of the Mas party is set to win Bolivia's presidential election in the first round. Arce’s victory is a bitter vindication for Morales, who resigned as president under military pressure in 2019 and subsequently fled the country. Saeb Erekat, the chief negotiator for the Palestinian Liberation Organization has been taken to a hospital in Tel Aviv following a coronavirus diagnosis earlier this month. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board releases its “Beige Book” report detailing anecdotal evidence of economic conditions in each Federal Reserve Bank district. Observers said the results showed a clear rejection of the right-wing policies of the interim government of Jeanine Anez, a conservative senator who took office after Morales was ousted from power a year ago. Official results are not in yet. Bolivians went to the polls in their millions on Sunday to elect a new president while attempting to draw a line under a tumultuous 12 months, even by Bolivia’s own dramatic standards. Wounds from last year’s protests are still raw. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. Oct. 19 (UPI) -- China on Monday became the first country to post an economic recovery in the COVID-19 era, according to government figures. Luis Arce, the presidential candidate for MAS (Movement Towards Socialism), on Oct. 18, 2020 in La Paz, Bolivia. The European Union’s Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier is in London today to continue talks over a trade deal with the United Kingdom. Official results are not in yet. Luis Arce presumed winner of Bolivia presidential election.

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