Rodrigo Paz Pereira wins Bolivia’s presidential runoff marking a new shift to the right

Sunday’s election marked the first time since 2005 that no candidate from Evo Morales’ Mas party was on the ballotCentre-right senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 58, won Bolivia’s presidential runoff on Sunday and will be the country’s next president, marking a shift to the right after nearly 20 years of dominance by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas) party.With just over 97% of ballots counted in the electoral court’s “preliminary” tally, Paz Pereira secured 54.6% of the vote, while rightwing former president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga received 45.4%. Continue reading...

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