Bolivia's left in historic defeat as vote set for runoff

LA PAZ: Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz was leading Bolivia's presidential election, according to early official results, which showed the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) on track for its worst election defeat in a generation. Paz, of the...

Bolivia heads to presidential run-off as MAS ends two-decade rule

La Paz [Bolivia], August 18 (ANI): Bolivia is heading to a presidential run-off between a Centrist and Right-wing candidate, marking the end of nearly two decades of government by the Movement for Socialism (MAS), the country's electoral council...

Bolivia set to elect first non-left wing president in 20 years

LA PAZ, Bolivia: A center-right senator and a right-wing ex-president will advance to a run-off for Bolivia's presidency after the first round of elections on Sunday, marking the end of two decades of leftist rule, preliminary official results...

Bolivia's presidential vote goes to a runoff

Fueled by the worst economic crisis in decades, Bolivians are voting for a new president and Congress, which is heading for a runoff between a centrist and far-right candidate later this year. Sponsor Message LEILA FADEL, HOST: Bolivians have...

Bolivian presidential election goes to second round

Moderate centrist Rodrigo Paz has surprised political pundits and shocked pollsters, by winning the first round of Bolivia’s Presidential Election, with a second-round runoff set for October 19th. By James Blears Senator Rodrigo Paz, the son of a...

Bolivian voters signal they want a sharp retreat from nearly two decades of socialism

Bolivia heads to presidential runoff after no candidate emerged clear winner

Bolivia's presidential election will proceed to a runoff after no candidate met the electoral thresholds required to avoid a second round. Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced on Monday that no candidate secured the required majority in...

Evo Morales Calls Bolivian Election Outcome a ‘Punishment Vote’

Evo Morales. X/ @Co1ombia August 18, 2025 Hour: 1:23 pm Former President Evo Morales recognized the results of the Bolivian presidential elections carried out on Sunday. RELATED: Evo Morales Does Not Support Any Candidate in the Bolivian...

Reformista moderado y derechista defensor del ajuste se verán las caras en el balotaje de Bolivia

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Uno es Rodrigo Paz, un senador de centro e hijo de un expresidente neoliberal que se presenta como un reformista moderado y fue la sorpresa de la elección en Bolivia. El otro es el exmandatario derechista Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga,...

In Bolivia, Indigenous radio stations are at the mercy of cyberhacks

Canva illustration by Global Voices. In June 2024, the official Facebook page of Radio Chiwalaki, an Indigenous, rural radio station located in the province of Vacas in Cochabamba, Bolivia, was hacked. Far from being a small issue, this event...

What to know about Bolivia's election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political landscape

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of a neoliberal ex-president who is pitching himself as a moderate reformer. The other is former right-wing president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, galvanizing...

What to know about Bolivia's election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political...

“There has been a paradigm shift,” said Bolivian sociologist Renzo Abruzzese. “What is truly historic is that the old cycle is over. It has carried away the classical leftist thought that dominated much of the 20th century.” The shadow of unrest...

What to know about Bolivia’s election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political landscape

What to know about Bolivia's election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political landscape

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of a neoliberal ex-president who is pitching himself as a moderate reformer. The other is former right-wing president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga galvanizing...

The Left’s Collapse Opens a New Era of Uncertainty in Bolivia

Supporters throw confetti on former President Evo Morales after a meeting with a peasants' federation in the Chapare region of Bolivia, Aug. 17, 2025 (AP Photo by Jorge Saenz). Bolivia’s presidential election will head to a runoff, after no...

Early results show Bolivia’s presidential vote headed for first-ever runoff between centrist and right-wing candidates

Bolivian presidential candidates head to runoff

Bolivia’s presidential vote headed to an unprecedented runoff after elections Sunday that ended more than two decades of left-wing dominance in the Andean nation but signaled voters’ apprehension about a major stagger to the right. #shorts...

Right-wingers to contest Bolivia run-off

A center-right senator and a right-wing former president are to advance to a run-off for Bolivia’s presidency after the first round of elections on Sunday, marking the end of two decades of leftist rule, preliminary official results showed....

Bolivia the latest South American country to lurch right as fed-up voters reject ruling socialists

Nearly two decades of indigenous-led leftist hegemony over Bolivian politics came to a crashing end on Sunday as the ruling Movement Towards Socialism party was handed a humiliating defeat in presidential elections. The movement (known as the MAS...

Former Bolivian president and presidential candidate for the Alianza Libre coalition, Jorge 'Tuto' Quiroga Ramírez (left) and Bolivian presidential candidate for the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Rodrigo Paz.

A right-wing ex-president and a senator from Bolivia's richest regions will go head-to-head in the country's presidential runoff in October after leading the first round of voting on Sunday. Centre-right Senator Rodrigo Paz came from behind to...