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Bolivia's swing right sounds alarm for Latin American leftists

The defeat of Bolivia's long powerful socialists at the weekend highlights a broader backlash against incumbent leftists that ...

Bolivia will choose a new president but environmental activists see little hope of progress

Bolivia’s upcoming presidential election will mark a shift from nearly two decades of socialist rule, but many Indigenous and ...

From TikTok to frontrunner, inside Paz's presidential campaign in Bolivia

Senator Rodrigo Paz, the surprise top finisher in Bolivia's first-round presidential election, spent years traveling the ...

Exclusive: Bolivia's Quiroga would grant resource ownership rights, eyes US trade

Bolivian presidential candidate Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga said he would dole out ownership stakes in key natural resources like ...

What to know about Bolivia's election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political landscape

One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of a neoliberal ex-president who is pitching himself as ...

Explainer-Who Are Bolivia's Presidential Runoff Contenders Promising Economic Overhaul?

A well-known figure in Bolivian politics, Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, 65, is a conservative candidate representing the Alianza ...

Bolivia’s presidential vote heads to a runoff between centrist and right-wing candidates

After a lackluster campaign overshadowed by a looming economic collapse, Bolivians were voting for a new president and ...

A Centrist Surges in Bolivia as Voters Turn Away From Socialism

Rodrigo Paz, who had trailed in the polls, won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, as decades of ...