AP/ President Evo Morales claims Bolivia's new constitution lets him seek another five-year term in 2014. The opposition insists it rules out re-election.
"The right tried to trick me but we didn't fall for that. Instead, we outfoxed them," Morales said. 'That is what they do not want to admit."
Morales was first elected in 2005 and won re-election in December under the revamped constitution approved in January 2009. But the new law permits just one re-election, and rivals say that rules him out for 2014.
The dispute is likely headed for court.
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