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Canada not ready to condemn Bolivia's dubious election
« on: October 26, 2019, 08:10:32 pm »
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Canada not ready to condemn Bolivia's dubious election
U.S., EU won’t recognize Morales as president, but Canada waiting on election audit
Evan Dyer · CBC News · Posted: Oct 26, 2019

Canada has decided not to join the European Union, the United States and some of its most important partners in the Lima Group in refusing to recognize the official result of Bolivia's presidential elections, in which incumbent Evo Morales claimed to have been re-elected to a fourth consecutive term.

In contrast to the forward role it has taken against the Maduro government in Venezuela, the Trudeau government has decided to take a more cautious approach in Bolivia, awaiting the results of an audit of the vote by an 90-member observer mission of the Organization of American States, with the backing of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

The European Union, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and the United States have all questioned the legitimacy of the result and called for a second round of voting.

Read more at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-position-on-bolivia-election-1.5336392

There has not been that much coverage of this. There are protests in Bolivia. I don't know what to think really.