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Tiago Rogero in La Paz

Bolivia election could see lurch to right as once-dominant party’s time runs out

Supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales wave colourful flags at an election rally at Entre Rios, Cochabamba
Supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales at an election rally earlier this week at Entre Rios, Cochabamba Photograph: Agustín Marcarian/Reuters

In Plaza Murillo, the heart of Bolivia’s political capital, La Paz – and home to the presidential palace, parliament and the country’s main Catholic cathedral – time may be running out for a clock that runs backwards.

Installed atop of the congressional palace during the years of prosperity under former president Evo Morales, 65, the anti-clockwise timepiece was conceived as a symbol of the “decolonial and anti-imperialist” worldview championed by the left.

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