Bolivian President Evo Morales has just received some of the best news any father could have: his supposedly dead son is alive.

Earlier this February, Morales had just acknowledged the fact that he fathered a son to his former lover, Gabriela Zapata, who is now imprisoned for allegations of corruption.

According to a New York Times report, the Bolivian leader's "love scandal" with Zapata, among other issues tied to him, had brought Morales to an uncertainty in his race for a fourth term as the president of the poorest country in South America.

Apparently, Morales and Zapata became "close" in 2005 and had a child in 2007. The child, however, had died shortly after he was born due to an unspecified illness.

"After 2007, I cut all ties," he said, referring to his short-lived relationship with Zapata.

But in an unexpected twist of fate, Morales found out from the child's aunt that he is alive and well.

"Sir, the child lives, I have held him in my arms; the child is eight or nine (years-old) and he is [in La Paz]," Buenos Aires Herald quoted Pilar Guzmán telling PAT television on Saturday.

Now, the Bolivian leader is faced with a new challenge in his career in politics as well as his personal life: proving that he did not lie and seeking the audience of his own child.

According to Buenos Aires Herald, the revelation about his son with Zapata being alive did not help Morales' bid for another term in the presidency as critics saw his previous statement as a lie.

However, the Bolivian president is sticking to his statement, even claiming that he was the one who was lied to by his former girlfriend.

"It may be true, or it may be unfortunate but it is worrying that an alleged aunt claimed that the child is alive," he said in a statement cited by BBC News.

"Nevertheless, now that they say the child is alive, I want to tell you that if he is alive, well firstly it is a great joy for me, it is like a blessing in the end, if he is alive," he added.

Now, Morales is asking Zapata's family to give him the chance to see his son, pointing out that he has the "right to see him, to know him, to care for him," according to a report from Tico Times.

Meanwhile, his bid to amend the constitution to allow him to run for his fourth term via a referendum was rejected by 51.3 percent of Bolivian voters.