Socialists in Bolivia are celebrating a historic victory after a candidate handpicked by their ousted leader Evo Morales was on course to win the country's most important presidential election in a generation. Luis Arce — a former economy minister during the Morales era — is poised to be officially confirmed as winner after his main rival conceded even before the official count from Sunday's election was complete. Hours earlier, Morales, who is in exile in Argentina, announced what he called "an unprecedented historic triumph" and proclaimed, "We recovered our democracy."
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