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Rodrigo Paz Wins Bolivia Election Amid Turmoil

Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz won Bolivia’s presidential election, preliminary results showed, taking 54% to Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga’s 45% as the electoral tribunal called the trend “irreversible.” Galvanizing anger over a deepening crisis and fatigue with 20 years of MAS rule, Paz celebrated in La Paz and pledged “solutions,” while Quiroga conceded and urged calm amid jeers. He inherits dollar shortages, 23% inflation and fuel lines, and promises gradual change: ending the fixed exchange rate, phasing out fuel subsidies, reducing public investment, and shunning the IMF; he vows to fight corruption, reduce waste, and restore confidence.

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