Bolivia's Morales easily wins recall vote

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LA PAZ, Aug 11 (Reuters): Bolivian President Evo Morales easily won a recall vote Sunday and vowed to push on with socialist reforms that his rightist opponents in South America's poorest country are trying to block.

The election pitted Morales against governors who have pushed for autonomy for their resource-rich provinces and are furious that he has cut their share of windfall natural gas revenues.

Morales, a former coca leaf farmer who is Bolivia's first Indian leader, hopes his victory will allow him to forge ahead with changes like nationalisations, land redistribution and a constitution that aims to give more power to the poor.

But his main rivals also won recall votes Sunday, meaning the conflict will continue and could get worse as both sides feel they have won a new mandate to stand firm.