FILE PHOTO: Luis Arce, the presidential candidate of the Movement to Socialism party (MAS), poses for a photo during an interview with Reuters in La Paz, Bolivia October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's President-elect Luis Arce pledged on Friday to "rebuild" the Andean country after a tumultuous year of political turmoil and the pandemic, as the official vote count confirmed a landslide win for his socialist party.
The final tally showed Arce won just over 55% of the vote, sweeping the socialists back into power just a year after the party's leftist leader Evo Morales was ousted amid protests.
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