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Bolivian President Evo Morales, center, arrives with Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, for a press conference in Athens, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Morales is in Greece on a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Bolivia’s Morales, in Greece, backs Venezuela’s Maduro

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Bolivia's President Evo Morales points from from a balcony at the government palace flanked Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, left, and Bolivia's Foreign Minister Diego Pary, after Morales delivered his annual report to Congress in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Morales is marking 13 years as the leader of the South American country. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia’s Morales marks 13 years in power, seeks new term

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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018 file photo, Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during a press conference in Government Palace in La Paz, Bolivia. Bolivia’s top electoral court announced Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, that it has accepted Morales’ candidacy for a fourth term in office despite a constitutional ban and referendum against such a re-election. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Electoral court accepts Bolivian president’s re-election bid

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During his 12 years in office, Evo Morales has legalized the cultivation of coca leaves used to make cocaine, expelled U.S. counternarcotics agents from Bolivia and showered the coca-growing valley of Chapare with major public works projects, including an international airport. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Evo Morales’ cyberwarriors look to sway Bolivian election

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times

Protesters shout slogans with one holding a sign that reads in Spanish: "My constitution is not toilet paper" in La Paz, Bolivia, on Wednesday. Bolivia's highest court cleared the way for President Evo Morales to run for a fourth term in 2019. (Associated Press)

Evo Morales vows to seek yet another presidential term in Bolivia

By Frederic Puglie Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Bolivia's President Evo Morales attend ceremony to announce the route of the 2018 Dakar Rally, in La Paz, Bolivia, March 29, 2017. The 2018 Dakar Rally will pass through Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Evo Morales undergoes successful throat surgery in Cuba

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Bolivia’s Morales will return to Cuba for surgery

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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2016 file photo, Bolivia's President Evo Morales sings his national anthem at a signing ceremony for the expansion of a road that connects the capital with the nearby city of El Alto, in La Paz, Bolivia. Bolivia’s government says Morales went to Cuba on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 for emergency treatment of a persistent throat problem following “major complications.” (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivia’s president goes to Cuba for medical treatment

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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo, Bolivia's President Evo Morales waves a Bolivian flag during a rally in support of the proposed new constitution in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Morales inaugurated a $7 million museum on Feb. 2, 2017 in his native village of Orinoca, coined the Museum of the Democratic and Cultural Revolution. Bolivia’s political opposition has dubbed it the &quot;Evo Museum.&quot; (AP Photo/Dado Galdieri, File)

Bolivia opens ‘Evo museum’ dedicated to indigenous president

By CARLOS VALDEZ - Associated Press

Bolivian President Evo Morales has been nurturing what critics say is an environment conducive to one-party rule. He calls it an "irreversible process of change" and insists he is just the honoring the wishes of his supporters to stay on for the 2019 vote. (Associated Press)

Evo Morales seeks to defy Bolivia’s constitution, Latin America’s rightward shift

By Martin Arostegui - Special to The Washington Times

A woman speaks on a public telephone as a man repairs a wheel in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, the day after Fidel Castro's death. Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule of Cuba, died at age 90 in Cuba late Friday, Nov. 25. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Raul Castro, regional leaders honor Fidel Castro at rally

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and JUAN ZAMORANO - Associated Press

Bolivia's President Evo Morales wipes his eye during a campaign rally in El Alto, Bolivia, on Feb. 17. (Associated Press)

Evo Morales of Bolivia loses referendum that would allow fourth term

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Pope Francis is presented with a gift of a crucifix carved into a wooden hammer and sickle, the Communist symbol uniting labor and peasants, by Bolivian President Evo Morales in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Pope Francis chides hammer-and-sickle crucifix given by Evo Morales

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Pope Francis blesses the faithful as he arrives to San Francisco Square aboard the popemobile in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. On his final full day in Quito Pope Francis pressed his case for a new economic and environmental world order saying the goods of the Earth are meant for everyone and must not be exploited by the wealthy few for short-term profit at the expense of the poor. (AP Photo/Ana Buitron)

Pope Francis to meet with workers, grass-roots groups in Bolivia

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE- Inthis Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, Bolivia President Evo Morales kicks the ball during an exhibition soccer match in Bergamo, near Milan, Italy. A first-division Bolivian soccer club said May 18, 2014, that President Morales will suit up for the team and play about 20-30 minutes per match. Morales has not yet commented on the new gig, in which he's to receive minimum wage, or $213. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Bolivian soccer club signs on president as player

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