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    Bolivia's president gets sworn in for new term

    Fri, 01/22/2010 - 10:46 EDT - France24.com - Business

    Bolivian President Evo Morales was to be sworn in for a second, five-year term on Friday in a ceremony attended by fellow Latin American leftist leaders including his role model, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.Morales, 50, was taking up the new mandate with almost unlimited power after last year changing Bolivia's constitution to get rid of a one-term presidential limit.

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