Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz
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Bolivia, Centre-right politics
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Now, on October 19, Bolivians will hold presidential runoff for the first time—an option only introduced in the 2009 Constitution. As voters prepare to pick their next president, AS/COA online looks at dark horse candidate Paz, the collapse of MAS, and the composition of the next national legislature.
Early exit polls in Bolivia's presidential election on Sunday showed Centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party leading, with the ruling Movement for Socialism party on track to suffer its worst electoral defeat in a generation.
The return to power of the far right in Bolivia proves once again that bourgeois nationalism only serves to disarm the working class.
A well-known figure in Bolivian politics, Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, 65, is a conservative candidate representing the Alianza Libre coalition. He briefly served as president from 2001 to 2002 and has worked as an IMF consultant and a mining executive.
Exit polls in Bolivia's presidential election show Centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz leading, with the ruling Movement for Socialism party facing significant defeat. Despite past president Evo Morales' call for a boycott,
Bolivia’s vast lithium reserves have once again become a political bargaining chip in the run-up to the Aug. 17 general elections.