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Evo Morales invites 200 social
organizations to his inauguration¡
LA
PAZ, December 28. — Bolivia’s President-Elect Evo
Morales plans to turn his inauguration, to which
he has invited close to 200 organizations, into a
“world summit of social movements” according to
his spokesperson, Alex Contreras.
The Yahoo in Spanish news website cited Contreras
who confirmed that everyone is to be present at
this “world summit of social movements,” including
leaders of the Argentine Piquiteros, the Mexican
Zapatistas, the Landless Movement of Brazil, the
Venezuelan Bolivarian Circles and the National
Indigenous Council of Ecuador.
The following personalities have also confirmed
their attendance at the ceremony: Argentine soccer
star Diego Armando Maradona, singers Piero of
Argentina and Silvio Rodriguez of Cuba, and Nobel
Prize for Literature winner José Saramago.
Morales’ list of invitees also includes Colombian
Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Marquez; Nelson
Mandela, former South African president; Nobel
Peace Prize winners Rigoberto Menchú and Aldolfo
Pérez Esquivel; and Uruguayan writer Eduardo
Galeano.
Contreras assured that some 800 press corps are
expected in La Paz for the ceremony.
According to official figures, Morales won 54% of
the votes, but the National Electoral Council (CNE)
is to submit the final results on January 5 once a
revote has been held for 15 tables that were not
functioning on election day, stated Oscar
Hasserteufel, CNE president. These results are not
expected to modify the final count.
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