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Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz, a figure previously little-known in Bolivia, has won the country’s presidential election, preliminary results have revealed.
His victory galvanized voters outraged by the country’s economic crisis and frustrated by two decades of Movement Toward Socialism rule.
Óscar Hassenteufel, president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, declared Paz’s lead over his rival, the former right-wing president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, as "irreversible."
Early results showed Paz secured 54 per cent of the votes, against Quiroga’s 45 per cent.
Addressing a jubilant crowd in La Paz, flanked by his wife and four adult children, Paz promised solutions.
"Today, Bolivia can be certain that this will be a government that will bring solutions," he told
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