Bolivian Presidential Election Results: Rodrigo Paz Makes History in First-Ever Runoff Vote — Is This the Start of a New US–Bolivia Era?

Rodrigo Paz Pereira has won Bolivia's first-ever presidential runoff election, marking a decisive break from nearly two decades of left-wing dominance under the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party. According to preliminary results released by the...

Bolivia has a new president, ending 20 years of leftist rule

Bolivians look right for a new president, ending two decades of socialism

Bolivians voted for a new president Sunday between two pro-business candidates, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the beleaguered South American nation deep in economic crisis.With dollars and fuel in short supply and annual...

Bolivia: Centrist Paz wins presidency

Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president after two decades of one-party rule by the leftist Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Rodrigo Paz, secured 54.6% over 45.4% for his rival, right-wing former...

Bolivia elects Rodrigo Paz as President

Bolivians have elected Rodrigo Paz of the center-right Christian Democratic Party (PDC) as their new president, ending nearly two decades of rule by the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party. With 97% of ballots counted, Paz secured 54.5% of the vote...

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 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....

Bolivia votes in presidential runoff amid deep economic strain

Bolivians voted in a calm presidential runoff on Sunday as the country faces a severe economic crisis, currency shortages, and growing US pressure over investment access to its vast lithium and energy resources. Bolivians went to the polls on...

Bolivia to pick a rightwing president, ending 2 decades of socialist rule

Bolivians voted for a new president Sunday between two pro-business candidates, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the beleaguered South American nation deep in economic crisis. With dollars and fuel in short supply and annual...

Bolivia elects center-right president, ending t…

Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule that left the South American nation deep in economic crisis. With 97.8 percent of ballots counted, Rodrigo Paz had 54.6...

Between sovereignty and submission

The new phase of imperial aggression is the result of Washington’s interpretation of the ‘multipolar world’. It is not that every country in the world is free to do business with whomever it wants—as seems to emanate from the BRICS philosophy—but...

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...

Trump sanctions ‘illegal drug dealer’ Colombian President Gustavo Petro in escalation of their feud

President Donald Trump sanctioned Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Friday in a drastic escalation of their feud.Tensions had been rising for months over Petro and Trump’s major divergence in approach around the War on Drugs. Several hostile...

Bolivia elects centre-right Rodrigo Paz as president

Published On 20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 Bolivians have elected Rodrigo Paz of the centre-right Christian Democratic Party (PDC) as their new president, ending almost 20 years of governance by the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party. With 97 percent 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 has a new president, ending 20 years of leftist rule

The centrist Rodrigo Paz won the second round of Bolivia’s presidential election, defeating conservative rival Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga. The country’s deep economic crisis has helped end nearly two decades of failed rule. Senator Paz of the Christian...

Bolivia: Centrist Paz wins presidency — preliminary results

Bolivians headed to the polls Sunday in a presidential run-off election that brought a center-right candidate to power after two decades of one-party rule by the leftist Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. The vote pitted two conservative...

Bolivia looks to the right for salvation

LA PAZ – 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. With dollars and fuel in short...

Bolivia 'reclaiming its place on the international stage': President-elect Paz

Bolivia's president-elect Rodrigo Paz said Sunday his country was "reclaiming its place on the international stage" as his victory at the ballot box ended two decades of socialist rule that left the South American nation deep in economic crisis....

Political novice ends decades of socialist rule in Bolivia — vowing ‘capitalism for all’

The centre-right senator Rodrigo Paz has won the Bolivian presidential election in the midst of an economic crisis that spelt the end of two decades of near-uninterrupted rule by the left-wing Movement for Socialism (MAS). Preliminary results...