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Election is last gasp of Bolivia’s socialist dream

At a final campaign rally for Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, the Right-wing Bolivian presidential candidate, one theme was unmistakable: the US dollar. Read More

Bolivia’s first conservative president in 20 years promises warmer US ties

Bolivia’s first conservative president-elect in 20 years, Rodrigo Paz, has injected a sharp note of realism into his plan for solving Bolivia’s worst economic crisis in four decades. Read More

U.S., other nations laud Bolivian election and embrace of capitalism

Nine nations say Bolivian President-elect Rodrigo Paz Pereira's win heralds a time of change in the South American nation that was a leading socialist state. Read More

A right-wing run-off: What to know about Bolivia’s presidential election

After an historic defeat for the long-dominant political left, two candidates have promised a new pro-market direction. Read More

What to know about Rodrigo Paz, the centrist who shot from obscurity to Bolivia’s presidency

Three months ago, Rodrigo Paz was a little-known Bolivian opposition senator with a famous father and a mixed reputation as mayor. Read More

Election in Bolivia Might Give US an Important Ally

While the U.S. navy blows up drug boats in Caribbean waters off Venezuela, Latin America’s narco-communism could be taking another direct hit in the Andean country of Bolivia, through the ballot box. Read More

Bolivia's runoff election: What you need to know

Bolivia will hold a presidential runoff on October 19 after no candidate secured an outright victory in the first round of voting on August 17. Read More

Bolivia votes in runoff election, marking pro-market shift and US embrace

By Lucinda Elliott and Monica Machicao LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivians vote in a presidential runoff on Sunday that marks a decisive rejection of the socialist government and a likely foreign policy shift ... Read More