Paz won convincingly after polls had shown a razor-thin margin, defeating right-wing candidate and former President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga by securing 54.2 percent of the vote. But his party did not secure a legislative majority, meaning that he will have to make compromises to govern effectively.
Two decades of leftist rule in Bolivia came to an end on Oct. 19, when voters chose Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator, to be the country’s next president as it seeks to recover from a grinding economic crisis.
Two decades of leftist rule in Bolivia came to an end on Oct. 19, when voters chose Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator, to be the country’s next president as it seeks to recover from a grinding economic crisis.
Paz won convincingly after polls had shown a razor-thin margin, defeating right-wing candidate and former President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga by securing 54.2 percent of the vote. But his party did not secure a legislative majority, meaning that he will have to make compromises to govern effectively.
Both Paz and Quiroga
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