Evo Morales: Presidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (Image by Eneas) Details DMCA | It's got something on the White House. In a ceremony last Wed., Bolivian President Evo Morales marked the start of his third term at Tiwanaku, the crumbling remains of an ancient city 45 miles west of La Paz, which dates back almost 2,000 years.
After a ritual purification on the steps of the Kalasasaya temple, the 55-year-old president delivered an address that made heavy use of his trademark combination of indigenous mythology and left-wing ideology. He was elected president in 2006 with 53.7 percent of the vote -- winning Bolivia's first absolute majority in 40 years, and making him the country's first indigenous head of state. He won his unprecedented third term in October 2014 with 60% of the vote. |