Bolivia President Offers Local Vote to Ease Crisis
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Bolivia's president on Thursday  proposed a referendum on regional autonomy and to allow  provinces to elect their own leaders in a bid to quell protests  in Santa Cruz, the nation's wealthiest department.
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Leaders of an autonomy drive in Bolivia's largest province got a boost Friday, winning concessions from President Carlos Mesa that clear the way for them to eventually choose their own provincial leaders.
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CARACAS, August 22 (Itar-Tass) -- President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez has called on the opposition to recognize the results of a referendum on confidence in the president held on August 15.
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President Morales dons his cleats to challenge an international soccer ruling that would bar Bolivia's national team from playing home games
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A strike by workers and a demonstration that drew hundreds of thousands of people paralyzed Santa Cruz on Tuesday as Bolivia's largest city joined an anti-government protest that has elicited a pledge from the president to resign if things turn violent.
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EL ALTO, Bolivia  - Damiana Katari, who knits clothes for a living and wears long black braids, a bowler hat and layers of colored skirts, proudly voted to elect fellow Aymara Indian Evo Morales to the presidency of Bolivia.
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Evo Morales, Bolivia&#039;s first Indian president, is hoping for a big win by his socialist backers in elections Sunday to chose an assembly to rewrite the constitution.
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Emboldened by a series of political triumphs, President Evo Morales is pressing to expand his legal powers and push through populist measures &#151; a power play both loved and loathed in this bitterly divided nation.
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The battle to rewrite Bolivia's constitution has come down to a math problem, a question that is anything but academic. What hangs in the balance is not only the direction the nation takes, but perhaps whether it remains a whole country at all.
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Latin American leaders wrap up a summit in Bolivia with a call for more regional initiatives and integration.
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Â· Government ordered to give reason for crackdownÂ· President awaits key court ruling on re-election bid
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Bolivia&#039;s first Indian president, Evo Morales, is hoping for a big win by his socialist allies in elections Sunday to choose an assembly that will rewrite the constitution.
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Iraq&#39;s president said yesterday the insurgency will have won if his country&#39;s January elections are postponed, and he asked the international community to help quell the surge of violence that some fear might force a delay.
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By Rene Villegas LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Bolivia's radical Indian leaderEvo Morales, who has infuriated Washington with calls tolegalize coca farming, has come first in municipal electionsthat are seen as a springboard for a 2007 presidential vote.
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The Bolivian Congress votes to put  the former president on trial over the deaths of protesters last year.
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Facing a relentless tide of opposition protests, President Leonid Kuchma said yesterday that a new election might be the only way out of a spiraling crisis that threatens
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ROME, Nov 3 (IPS) - Bolivian President Evo Morales visited Italy this  week to receive a special award for his government&#39s  commitment to social and health issues. He has made these issues  a &quot;political priority.&quot;