Socialist Icon Morales Plots Comeback in Bolivia After Clash With Protege
- Evo Morales tries to emulate Brazil’s Lula returning to power
- Relations between Bolivia’s top political leaders have soured
Evo Morales in 2017.
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One of this century’s leading figures of Latin American socialism is back on the scene.
Evo Morales ruled Bolivia for 14 years and along with Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez was part of a wave of leftist leaders who reshaped the region’s politics. He’s now intent on running for president again.