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La Paz, Oct 23 (EFE).- Bolivia closed on Friday a prolonged electoral process that has been pending for a year with the proclamation of the victory of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) of Evo Morales in the general elections of October 18, a result recognized by its main contender and the international community.(Camera: CESAR GONZALES)SHOT LIST: CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE ELECTIONS IN LA PAZ (BOLIVIA).SOUND BITES: PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME ELECTORAL COURT SALVADOR ROMERO (IN SPANISH)Today the supreme electoral court declares as elected president Luis Arce Catacora and as elected vice president David Choquehuanca Céspedes.The result of the election has been recognized by the contenders in a gesture that honors and exalts us, endorsed by the international community that deployed observation missions that measured the election against the standards of electoral integrity, accepted by the local observation platforms and by society in an act of democratic maturity regardless of whether the data pleased or disappointed them.
In Senegal, the National Voting Registration Commission (CNRV) examines voting materials following the presidential election which took place across the country's 45 departments. The commission has until Friday to publish the provisional results. IMAGES
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U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).