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Bolivia votes, a protest in Mexico and more top photos this week from Latin America

Bolivians voted in general elections. Residents of a remote island disputed by Colombia hope their Peruvian government won't forget them. Fans of Universidad de Chile and Argentina's Independiente ...

Bolivia heads to a presidential runoff as 2 decades of left-wing dominance end

A dark horse centrist, Sen. Rodrigo Paz, drew more votes than the right-wing front-runners, although not enough to secure an ...
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Three Things to Know About Bolivia's 2025 First-Round Election Results

Now, on October 19, Bolivians will hold presidential runoff for the first time—an option only introduced in the 2009 ...

Bolivia heads to runoff after right turn in presidential vote

Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz was leading Bolivia's presidential election, according to early official results, which showed ...

Bolivia's left in historic defeat as presidential vote set for October

Early official result showed the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) on track for its worst election defeat in a generation.
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After 20 years in power, Bolivia’s socialists crash out of it

That marks the end of nearly 20 years of MAS rule, and assures a rightward tilt for the country’s politics in October. ■ Sign ...

Blocked from Bolivia’s election, ex-leader Morales not sure how to respond to threats of arrest

Bolivia’s charismatic, long-serving ex-President Evo Morales told The Associated Press on Saturday that he didn’t know what ...

Socialism Just Imploded in Bolivia

The socialist project "imploded by itself," Bolivian policy analyst Rolando Schrupp tells Reason, citing public exhaustion ...

Bolivia Kicks Out the Socialists

Voters say they’ve had enough of the hard-left MAS party.

Bolivia will choose a new president but environmental activists see little hope of progress

Bolivia’s upcoming presidential election will mark a shift from nearly two decades of socialist rule, but many Indigenous and environmental ...