Study casting doubt on Bolivian election fraud triggers controversy


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  • Monday, 02 Mar 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former Bolivian President Evo Morales holds a paper depicting the image of Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez, during a news conference as a reaction to electoral body decision of banning his intention to run as a senator candidate in May election, in Buenos Aires Argentina February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology experts that called into question the alleged election fraud that drove Bolivian President Evo Morales to resign has triggered sniping between left and right-leaning governments in Latin America.

The analysis by two researchers in MIT's Election Data and Science Lab, made public last week, stated that an Organization of American States (OAS) finding that fraud helped Morales win was flawed and concluded that it was "very likely" the socialist president won the October vote by the 10 percentage points needed to avoid a runoff.

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