NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17: Bolivian President Evo Morales (C) is escorted in to the General Assembly at the United Nations November 17, 2008 in New York City. Morales is Bolivia's first fully indigenous head of state and is leader of the Movimiento al Socialismo party. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17: Bolivian President Evo Morales (C) is escorted in to the General Assembly at the United Nations November 17, 2008 in New York City. Morales is Bolivia's first fully indigenous head of state and is leader of the Movimiento al Socialismo party.

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  1. Supporters of Bolivia's President Evo Morales celebrate his re-election victory in La Paz December 6, 2009. Morales claimed a landslide re-election victory on Sunday as voters backed his left-wing reforms asserting greater state control over the economy and increasing social spending on the poor.

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  1. Bolivian President Evo Morales arrives in Cocapata, near Cochabamba, October 26 ,2009. Morales, who celebrated his 50th birthday on Monday, is campaigning for a re-election ahead of a December vote.
  2. Bolivian President Evo Morales (C) wears a Mexican hat as he poses with students in La Paz October 26,2009. Morales, who celebrated his 50th birthday on Monday, is campaigning for a re-election ahead of a December vote.
  3. Bolivian President Evo Morales (L) is congratulated by a supporter during a rally in Batallas near La Paz October 26, 2009. Morales, who celebrated his 50th birthday on Monday, is campaigning for a re-election ahead of a December vote.
  4. Bolivian President Evo Morales (R) blows out the candles on a cake offered by high ranking military officers to celebrate his 50th birthday in La Paz October 26, 2009. Next to Morales is Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera.
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  7. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales (C), celebrates his 50th birthday in the Aymara community of Batallas, 70 km from La Paz on October 26, 2009. Morales was proclaimed, by villagers and by Andean authorities known as 'mallkus', as presidential candidate for December's election.
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  10. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  11. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
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  13. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  14. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
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