Rodrigo Paz Pereira wins Bolivia’s presidential runoff marking a new shift to the right

<p>Sunday’s election marked the first time since 2005 that no candidate from Evo Morales’ Mas party was on the ballot</p><p>Centre-right senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 58, won Bolivia’s presidential runoff on Sunday and will be the country’s next president, marking a shift to the right after nearly 20 years of dominance by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas) party.</p><p>With just over 97% of ballots counted in the electoral court’s “preliminary” tally, Paz Pereira secured 54.6% of the vote, while rightwing former president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga received 45.4%.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/20/rodrigo-paz-pereira-bolivia-wins-presidential-runoff-electiion-right-wing">Continue reading...</a>