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Investors see IMF support as crucial for Bolivia's new president
LONDON - Investors welcomed the Bolivian presidential election win for centrist candidate Rodrigo Paz as markets reopened on Monday, but cautioned he now faces a major challenge fixing the economy, and will likely have to soften his resistance to IMF support. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Christian Democrats have promised socially acceptable reforms to the economically weak country in the election campaign. A delicate balancing act awaits him.
There are times of economic cuts and Bolivians have opted for the formula that seems less painful to elect Rodrigo Paz , a center right, as the new president of the country, with 54.5% of the votes. Jorge Quiroga , who with a support of 45.5% lost his fourth presidential attempt after having led Bolivia in 2001-2002, bet, from the right, for more drastic solutions. It is to be seen that Paz can turn the country’s grave situation, in his worst cr…
The centre-right politician won the presidential election with almost 55% of the vote against Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, a former Bolivian president who also came from the right.
Rodrigo Paz Pereira likes to present himself as a new face of politics, but he is not. His father is former President Jaime Paz Zamora (1989-1993), one of the main leaders of the historic Movement of Revolutionary Left (MIR), and at the age of 58 he has already been a councilman, deputy and mayor of the southern city of Tarija. Today he is still an active politician: he occupies a seat of senator by the opposition party Comunidad Ciudadana, by f…
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