Bolivia Elects Rodrigo Paz as New President, Marking Political Shift

Rodrigo Pas. Getty Images/Mateo Romay Salinas As reported by Reuters Bolivia has elected a new president – the 58-year-old senator Rodrigo Paz, who supports market reforms and the concept of “capitalism for all.” The victory marks the end of...

Bolivia’s Centrist Paz Ends Nearly 20 Years Of MAS Rule

Home South America Bolivia’s Centrist Paz Ends Nearly 20 Years Of MAS Rule Bolivia's fragile economy dominated the runoff campaign. Once plentiful natural gas exports have plummeted, inflation is at a 40-year high, and fuel is scarce. On Sunday,...

Bolivia elects centrist Paz as president, ending 2 decades of socialism

Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business centre-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the South American nation deep in economic crisis. With 97 per cent of ballots counted, Rodrigo Paz had...

Could Bolivia's Right Turn Spoil Iran's Ambitions In Latin America?

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking into how the end of nearly two decades of leftist rule in...

Bolivians to choose between two conservatives in presidential runoff

Bolivia's Christian Democratic Party presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz Pereira celebrates with supporters in La Paz, Bolivia, on Friday after securing 32% of votes to qualify for Sunday's runoff election against former President Jorge “Tuto”...

Bolivia ushers in new political era with presidential vote

Bolivians headed to the polls Sunday in a presidential run-off election that will change the country's trajectory after two decades of one-party rule by the leftist Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. The choice they have before them pits two...

Bolivian election authority says preliminary results show that centrist Rodrigo Paz has won presidential race

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian election authority says preliminary results show that centrist Rodrigo Paz has won presidential race. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,...

Xi congratulates Rodrigo Paz Pereira on election as president of Bolivia

BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory message to Rodrigo Paz Pereira on his election as president of Bolivia. In his message, Xi pointed out that China and Bolivia are good friends and good...

Bolivia Centrist Rodrigo Paz wins presidential runoff, early official count shows

Centrist senator and presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) poses for a selfie with a supporter after casting his vote at a polling station, during the presidential runoff election in Tarija, Bolivia, October...

Bolivia votes for president to confront worst crisis since 1980s

Bolivians are voting in a presidential runoff to decide which of two pro-business candidates they trust to lead them out of their deepest economic crisis in forty years. Senator Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party and former President...

Trinidad and Tobago joins US, allies in support for Bolivia's new president

News Sean Douglas 26 Minutes Ago Rodrigo Paz Periera waves a Bolivian ahead of his victory in a presidential runoff election in La Paz, Bolivia, on October 19. - AP Photo Trinidad and Tobago is endorsing the election of conservative leader Rodrigo...

Bolivian polls close in election steering country closer to US

Inflation has surged to 23 per cent since the start of the year, while fuel and dollar shortages have crippled consumer demand. Natural gas exports - once Bolivia's economic engine - have plummeted, straining the boliviano currency and limiting...

Bolivia set to elect new president, ending era of left-wing rule

Rio de Janeiro, Oct 19, (dpa/GNA) – After nearly two decades of left-wing governments in Bolivia, the South American nation is on the brink of a political shift as a run-off election on Sunday decides the future leadership of the country. As no...

Bolivians elected Rodrigo Paz as president as the country faces its worst economic crisis in decades

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Bolivia elects centre-right president, ending two decades of socialism

“We hope the country improves,” homemaker Maria Eugenia Penaranda, 56, said, bundled up against the cold as she cast her vote in La Paz, about 3600m above sea level. “We cannot make ends meet. There is a lot of suffering. Too much,” she told AFP....

Bolivians Vote in Historic Runoff, Poised to End Two Decades of Socialist Dominance Amid Economic Turmoil

BOGOTA, Colombia – As the sun rises over the Andean highlands on Sunday, October 19, 2025, some 7.9 million Bolivians are streaming toward polling stations for the nation's first-ever presidential runoff election, a high-stakes contest that could...

Bolivian voters will choose between Senator Rodrigo Paz (L) and former interim president Jorge Quiroga (R)

Bolivia chooses between two pro-business candidates in presidential elections on Sunday, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the beleaguered South American nation deep in economic crisis.

Bolivian election authority says preliminary results show that centrist Rodrigo Paz has won presidential race

Bolivians vote for change after 20 years of one-party rule, in photos

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivians voted in the first presidential runoff in 20 years without the ruling MAS party, choosing between former President Jorge Quiroga and Sen. Rodrigo Paz as the country battles a deep economic crisis. × Javascript is...

Bolivia’s Currency Crisis and the Battle Between Two Rights

After two decades of MAS dominance and three years of currency freefall, Bolivians face an unfamiliar choice: two conservatives offering opposing cures. One bets on IMF shock therapy and austerity; the other on legalizing the shadows and coaxing...