Bolivia heads to runoff
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Bolivia’s charismatic, long-serving ex-President Evo Morales told The Associated Press on Saturday that he didn’t know what to do about threats by the right-wing presidential candidates to arrest him if they came to power.
Former Bolivian president Evo Morales has launched a campaign for a contender called “Nulo,” representing a null-and-void vote.
Bolivia’s presidential election will head to a runoff after no candidate secured an outright victory during the first round Sunday.
Ex-President Morales is credited with lifting millions out of poverty. But his political ambitions divide the left.
Despite being barred from running again for president and being sought for arrest, a towering figure of Bolivian politics is trying to rally supporters to cast null votes.
LA PAZ, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Early exit polls in Bolivia's presidential election on Sunday showed Centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party leading, with the ruling Movement for Socialism party on track to suffer its worst electoral defeat in a generation.