A frail Bolivian president, Carlos Mesa, on Monday conceded defeat to Luis Arce, the handpicked candidate of frail President Evo Morales, in Sunday’s presidential election, which examined democracy in the resource-rich, landlocked nation.
Mr. Mesa said that rapid counts performed by polling corporations showed his fundamental opponent, Mr. Arce, a frail economy minister, had gained the run. The victory opens the course to Mr. Morales’s return to Bolivia after last three hundred and sixty five days’s disputed elections forced his resignation.
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