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          1. Pro-govt CIDOB leadership proposes giving Evo Morales a new indigenous candidacy in 2019 presidential election. erbol.com.bo/noticia/politica/25102017/cidob_va_al_tcp_y_consulta_figura_de_nueva_postulacion_de_evo_indigena
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          Evo Morales is barred from seeking another term by Constitution and lost a 2016 referendum to allow him to run again.
      1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
        New CIDOB theory says that Evo could run again as a "traditional representative" of indigenous peoples. But this is doubly implausible.
    1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
      Largest indigenous people in Bolivia, Aymara and Quechua, don't choose traditional representatives, only the lowland minorities.
  1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
    For CIDOB, a lowland indigenous confederation, to choose an outsider as its representative is unprecedented.