US EditionBolivia Right-Wing Presidential Hopeful Vows 'Radical Change'
- Bolivia's international bonds have gained over 30% in 2025, making them top performers in JPMorgan's emerging markets bond index, which has returned slightly more than 7%.
- The presidential elections on August 17 are crucial for Bolivia, with polls suggesting Samuel Doria Medina is favored to win the election, having pledged to address issues like dollar shortages and corruption.
- Bolivia faces a crisis with inflation at a four-decade high and dwindling dollar reserves, which has led to a struggle between government priorities and debt servicing.
- Analysts believe that an IMF loan program could improve Bolivia's economy, provided the new government implements necessary reforms, despite expected short-term challenges.
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Analysis-Investors betting voters in Bolivia will make a turn to the right
(Reuters) -Bolivia's international bonds have rallied ahead of a fiercely contested presidential election, fueled by investors' hopes that a political U-turn could help shore up the country's fragile economy and pave the way for an IMF program. Read full story
Bolivia right-wing presidential hopeful vows 'radical change'
One of the front-runners in Bolivia's upcoming presidential election, right-winger Jorge Quiroga, told AFP on Friday the country was poised for "radical change" after two decades of socialist rule marked in recent years by a severe economic crisis.
“We need prices to go down,” Pacesa Quispe asks Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, a liberal who seeks to re-occupy the presidential chair in Bolivia with the promise that he will eradicate the crisis that grips the South American country.
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