GLOBAL TIMES REPORTS THAT THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING BOLIVIA'S ELECTION LAST MONTH HAS SPARKED PUBLIC PROTESTS, AND IN RECENT DAYS, THE COUNTRY'S POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CRISIS HAS BEEN ESCALATING.MORALES ANNOUNCED ON THE 10TH THAT HE WILL CONVENE A NEW PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND REPLACE ALL MEMBERS OF BOLIVIA'S SUPREME ELECTORAL COURT AFTER THE RULING OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.ACCORDING TO AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ON THE 10TH, THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES STATED IN A STATEMENT THAT IT RECOMMENDS BOLIVIA TO CANCEL THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS HELD ON OCTOBER 20TH AND CONDUCT NEW ELECTIONS AS SOON AS CONDITIONS PERMIT. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE PROTESTS IN BOLIVIA HAVE ENTERED THEIR FOURTH WEEK AND THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SIGN OF WEAKENING. ON THE 9TH, DEMONSTRATORS OCCUPIED NATIONAL TELEVISION AND A STATE-OWNED RADIO STATION, AND POLICE IN SEVERAL CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ALSO JOINED THE ANTI-GOVERNMENT MOVEMENT. CURRENTLY, ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS ARE STATIONED AROUND THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE.ON OCTOBER 21ST, THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VOTING RESULTS SHOWED THAT MORALES WON THE FIRST ROUND OF THE ELECTION DIRECTLY. BUT THE OPPOSITION REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THE ELECTION RESULTS, AND SERIOUS CLASHES ERUPTED BETWEEN SUPPORTERS OF THE TWO CAMPS. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL STATISTICS RELEASED BY BOLIVIA, THE 20 DAY CONFLICT HAS RESULTED IN 3 DEATHS AND 383 INJURIES.