Last night the official Bolivian votey countey people announced the MAS party (i.e. Evo Morales) with 59% of the votes with a touch over half of all ballot papers counted (51% to be exact). This 59% is bound to go up due to the way Evo is more popular in those rural areas that get counted last, so the original exit poll calculations of around 63% look like being an accurate reflection. It should take the rest of the week before we get a final result. UPDATE Thursday AM: The official tally is now 63% Morales with 78% of votes counted.
Meanwhile, check out this photo of Evo by The New Yorker's house snapper, Platon. It comes from this article that has 50 full face portraits of world leaders by the photographer and is well worth a visit, especially for the audio comments from the photographer about each photo and how it was taken (don't miss the Chávez or the Uribe commentaries), but in my humble opinion (and that of the reader who gave me the original headsup, who we'll call 'M'), the Evo photo is one great portrait.
Meanwhile, check out this photo of Evo by The New Yorker's house snapper, Platon. It comes from this article that has 50 full face portraits of world leaders by the photographer and is well worth a visit, especially for the audio comments from the photographer about each photo and how it was taken (don't miss the Chávez or the Uribe commentaries), but in my humble opinion (and that of the reader who gave me the original headsup, who we'll call 'M'), the Evo photo is one great portrait.
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