Bolivians decisively repudiated the leftist party which has ruled the country for most of the past two decades in a first-round presidential election vote, likely paving the way for more market-friendly policies for its crisis-wracked economy.

Early official result showed the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) on track for its worst election defeat in a generation.

Bolivia’s presidential vote is headed to an unprecedented runoff after Sunday's election ended over two decades of ruling party dominance in the Andean nation.

Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira leads the presidential vote with 32.8%, forcing the nation's first-ever runoff election against its right-wing rival.

The rightward turn by the Bolivian electorate can see changes in economic policies and diplomatic ties.

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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.

Bolivia’s charismatic, long-serving ex-President Evo Morales told The Associated Press on Saturday that he didn’t know what to do about threats by the right-wing presidential candidates to arrest him if they came to power.

Bolivia is headed to a presidential run-off election between a center-right politician and a right-wing candidate after voters on Sunday rejected another term of the Movement for Socialism.

Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature with “long” toes in a “swampy forest” of Bolivia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Moravec, Farková, Vences and Köhler (2025), shared by co-authors