La Paz, Feb. 21 -- Former Bolivian President Evo Morales announced on Thursday that he will run in the country's Aug. 17 general election after forming an alliance with the Frente Para la Victoria (FPV) party.
"We now have a party to compete in this year's election," Morales told supporters in Cochabamba, openly defying a constitutional ruling that bars him from running amid an ongoing investigation into alleged child abuse.
Joined by FPV leader Eliseo Rodriguez, Morales framed his candidacy as a fight against what he described as efforts to "ban the indigenous-popular movement" and a step toward restoring Bolivia's "democratic and cultural revolution."
Under the terms of the alliance, Morales will be the FPV's sole presidential candi...