US EditionBolivia Heads to Runoff After Rodrigo Paz Leads Vote, Ending MAS's 20-Year Rule
- Bolivians voted on August 17, 2025, for president and parliament in La Paz, triggering the country's first-ever presidential runoff between centrist Rodrigo Paz and right-wing Jorge Quiroga.
- The runoff followed an electoral rule requiring over 50% of votes or 40% with a 10-point lead, which no candidate met amid economic crisis and fragmentation of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism party.
- Rodrigo Paz led with around 32 percent, Quiroga placed second near 26 percent, and millionaire Samuel Doria Medina finished third with about 20 percent, while Morales-supporting candidates trailed.
- The election day passed peacefully with isolated incidents that did not affect voting, but experts warned right-wing victories could harm Indigenous and impoverished communities reliant on subsidies.
- The runoff on October 19 could end 20 years of leftist rule, bring austerity measures like subsidy cuts, and lead to closer U.S. ties amid hopes to address Bolivia's economic collapse and inflation near 25 percent.
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