Rodrigo Paz wins presidential runoff, becoming Bolivia's first conservative leader in...

Paz and his popular running mate, ex-police Capt. Edman Lara, galvanized working-class and rural voters outraged over record inflation and an acute dollar shortage that has sapped food and fuel supplies. But for all their disillusionment with the...

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...

Centrist Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivia election, ending two decades of leftist rule

Centrist Rodrigo Paz won Bolivia’s presidential runoff on Sunday, defeating conservative rival Jorge ‘Tuto’ Quiroga, as the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation helped propel the end of nearly two decades of leftist rule. Paz, a senator...

Who is Bolivia's new president, Rodrigo Paz?

By Monica Machicao and Lucinda Elliott LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivia’s president-elect Rodrigo Paz, who claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential runoff, is the son of a former president of the Andean nation who was born in exile from its military...

Can Bolivia’s new leader fix an economy on the brink?

Bolivians today elected a pro-business centre-right senator as their new President, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the South American nation deep in economic crisis. With 97% of ballots counted, Rodrigo Paz had 54.5% of the...

Who is Rodrigo Paz, centrist Senator who ended 20 years of leftist rule in Bolivia? His father was...

Home News Who is Rodrigo Paz, centrist Senator who ended 20 years of leftist rule in Bolivia? His father was... Rodrigo Paz, whose victory marks a historic shift in Bolivian politics, won the country's presidential polls on the back of his...

La falta de combustible, la sombra de Evo Morales y la (im)paciencia social: los desafíos urgentes de Rodrigo Paz en Bolivia

Por Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español Un fierro caliente es el que está por agarrar el presidente electo de Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, ante la crisis multisectorial que enfrenta el país. El economista asumirá el mandato en noviembre con promesas...

A Galician will put Bolivia back on the map

Rodrigo Paz was indeed born in the capital of Galicia because his parents had taken refuge there after being forcibly exiled by General René Barrientos, the dictator. The family then lived in other Latin American countries before returning to...

Sensational Election Result In Bolivia: Christian Democrat Defeats Socialist

Rodrigo Paz Pereira The end of nearly two decades of leftist rule in the country. In Bolivia, Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira won the second round of the presidential election on Sunday, October 19, marking the end of nearly two decades of leftist...

Polls open in Bolivia’s presidential run-off as country faces deepening crisis

Bolivians began voting on Sunday in a decisive presidential run-off between two pro-market candidates, signalling the end of nearly 20 years of socialist leadership and a potential pivot back toward closer ties with the United States, Al Jazeera...

World Reuters Bolivian polls close in election steering country closer to US

By Lucinda Elliott and Monica Machicao LA PAZ (Reuters) -Polls in Bolivia closed on Sunday and voters awaited the results of a presidential runoff that marks a decisive rejection of the socialist government and a likely foreign policy shift toward...

Paz wins Bolivia's presidental runoff

Monday, October 20th 2025 - 10:55 UTC Paz's inauguration is set for Nov. 8 for a five-year term Rodrigo Paz won Sunday's runoff and will become Bolivia's next president. With 97% of the ballots counted, the center-right senator secured 54.5% of...

Right-wing Paz wins Bolivian presidential election

RODRIGO PAZ, a right-wing senator, won Bolivia’s presidential election on Sunday. Mr Paz won 54 per cent of the votes, early results showed, over far-right Jorge Quiroga’s 45 per cent. Mr Paz told supporters in a victory speech: “Today, Bolivia...

US and Bolivia should boost diplomatic ties, US senators say

The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday called for the US and Bolivia to exchange ambassadors again for the first time in nearly two decades, following the country’s election of a new pro-business, centrist...

Rodrigo Paz wins the presidency as Bolivia enters new political era

Center-right politician Rodrigo Paz is the new president of Bolivia. After the vote count was completed, Paz’s Christian Democratic Party (PDC) secured 54.5% of the votes, compared to 45.5% for the Libre coalition led by former conservative...

Why Bolivia Voted for Change—And Continuity

The election of Rodrigo Paz Pereira as Bolivia’s new president signals the end of the MAS era. But it is more than an end to Evo Morales’s leftist party. It showcases how Indigenous political power has transformed the country’s political...

Centrist candidate set to become Bolivia's new president

A centrist candidate is set to become Bolivia's next president, marking a change of government and signaling a likely shift toward improved relations with the United States. Bolivia held a presidential runoff on Sunday to elect the successor to...

Rodrigo Paz Wins with 54.6%, Ending the MAS Era: Bolivia Embarks on a New Path Focused on Stability, Family, and Institutional Authority

Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, son of former President Jaime Paz Zamora, has secured a decisive victory with a margin of over nine points against former President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, bringing an end to two decades of dominance by the Movement...

Polls open in Bolivia's presidential election: AFP

Polls open in Bolivia's presidential election: AFP Collected photo LA PAZ, Oct 19, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Bolivians headed to the polls Sunday to choose between two pro-business candidates in presidential elections, ending two decades of socialist rule...

Investors see IMF support as crucial for Bolivia’s new president

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Investors welcomed the Bolivian presidential election win for centrist candidate Rodrigo Paz as markets reopened on Monday, but cautioned he now faces a major challenge fixing the economy, and will likely have to...