Bolivia elects center-right president

Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule that left the South American nation deep in economic crisis. With 97.8 percent of ballots counted, Rodrigo Paz had 54.6...

Bolivia’s first conservative leader in two decades vows to improve US relations

Rodrigo Paz, Bolivia’s first conservative president in 20 years, struck a tone of pragmatism Monday as he addressed the economic crisis gripping the country, just a day after his unexpected election win ended a long era of leftist governance....

Bolivia takes a right turn – will its neighbors follow?

Bolivia elected a new president on Sunday, the centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira. The choice marks a sharp break from nearly two decades of left-wing dominance under the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS). It also makes Bolivia the latest Latin...

Bolivia elects first conservative leader in decades

Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator, will be Bolivia’s next president, preliminary results showed on Sunday, paving the way for a major political transformation after almost 20 years of rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party and during the...

Bolivia’s new pro-business leader pledges to restore US ties after two decades

Photo credit: es-us.noticias.yahoo.com Bolivia's newly elected pro-business president vowed on Monday to restore diplomatic ties with Washington, as the South American country shifts to the right after nearly two decades of socialist rule, which...

Bolivia Elects 'Capitalism for All' Candidate Rodrigo Paz President, Ending 20 Years of Socialism

Bolivian centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz became the president-elect of Bolivia after defeating conservative former President Jorge Quiroga in Sunday’s runoff election. Paz will succeed outgoing socialist President Luis Arce on November 8, ending two...

Bolivia’s president-elect says will resume US ties after nearly 2 decades

Bolivia’s new pro-business president-elect vowed on Monday to renew diplomatic ties with Washington as the South American country veered right after nearly two decades under socialist rule blamed by many for its myriad economic woes. Rodrigo Paz,...

Bolivia at Risk: The Return of Neoliberalism and the Battle for Popular Sovereignty

Bolivia is going through a political and economic crossroads that forces it to look back at its own history. After two decades of leftist governments, the recent rise of center-right politician Rodrigo Paz Pereira threatens to reopen the old...

Bolivia elects center-right Rodrigo Paz as president

Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule that left the South American nation deep in economic crisis. With 97.8 percent of ballots counted, Rodrigo Paz had 54.6...

Bolivia is ready to renew relations with Israel

After two decades of rule by the far-left MAS party led by Evo Morales and Luis Arce, Bolivia has elected a new president, Rodrigo Paz, marking a sharp shift in the country’s foreign policy. Following years of staunch anti-Israel positions and the...

Bolivia has a new president, ending 20 years of leftist rule

Bolivia elects centre-right president, ending decades of socialism

LA PAZ - Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business centre-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule that left the South American nation deep in economic crisis. With 97.8 percent of ballots counted, Rodrigo Paz...

Bolivia gets centrist leader after years of socialist rule

Bolivia elected a pro-market centrist on Sunday after two decades of socialist rule. Rodrigo Paz wants to strengthen ties with the US and boost foreign investment in mining of its huge mineral wealth. It’s a major departure for the country:...

La Paz Students Paint Public Mural Promoting Peace

In late September and early October, young people from La Paz joined the National Tequios and Murals Day to transform public spaces across the city. The word Tequio, from the Aztec Nahuatl tequitl, means “work” or “tribute” and refers to a system...

Bolivia elects Rodrigo Paz Pereira as its next president, consolidating shift right

Center-right senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Partido Demócrata Cristiano (Christian Democrat Party, PDC) has been elected as the next president of Bolivia. His victory marks a change of political epoch in a country governed by the socialist...

Bolivia poised to elect Rodrigo Paz president

Centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira delivers a speech in La Paz, Bolivia, on Sunday. Paz expressed his gratitude for the support he received in winning Bolivia's unprecedented presidential runoff election and promised to "reopen" the country to...

Bolivia’s president elect positively assesses BRICS

BUENOS AIRES, October 20. /TASS/. Bolivia’s President elect Rodrigo Paz has positively assessed BRICS where his country was granted a partner status in January 2025. "BRICS is a good trade association," he said during a news conference when aske...

María Corina Machado dice que ganar el Nobel de la Paz “aumenta el costo” para el Gobierno de Venezuela si busca hacerle daño

CNN en Español A cinco días de ganar el Premio Nobel de la Paz por lo que el Comité Noruego describió como su impulso a la democracia en Venezuela, la líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado dijo este miércoles que, a su juicio, haber...

Bolivia Moves Past Socialism

MAS lost all of its 21 Senate seats, and all but two of its 75 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, Bolivia’s lower house of Congress. MAS won so few votes that the party almost lost its legal status. The exiled Morales told his supporters to spoil...

Student recognised for education pathway tool

University of Otago medical student Josiah Bugden has won the Momentum student entrepreneur category in the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards. The acknowledgement came for CourseSpy which began as a side-project for Mr Bugden and evolved...