BOLIVIA
Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivian presidency thanks to Evo Morales’s voting base
Rodrigo Paz, Bolivia's incoming president. Photo: Claudia Morales/Reuters/Folhapress
In a controversy-free runoff that stood out as unusually calm by Bolivia’s recent standards, centrist Rodrigo Paz was elected the country’s next president, defeating right-wing candidate Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga by 55% to 45% and granting him a five-year mandate to lead the deeply divided nation.
His victory was swiftly acknowledged by Quiroga, as well as by Bolivia’s Latin American neighbors and the United States. Former president and indigenous leader Evo Morales, meanwhile, argued that…
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