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Bolivia's swing right sounds alarm for Latin American leftists

The defeat of Bolivia's long powerful socialists at the weekend highlights a broader backlash against incumbent leftists that ...

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 ...
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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 ...

Exclusive: Bolivia's Quiroga would grant resource ownership rights, eyes US trade

Bolivian presidential candidate Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga said he would dole out ownership stakes in key natural resources like ...

‘Large’-eyed creature found in ‘swampy forest’ of Bolivia. It’s a new species

Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature with “long” toes in a “swampy forest” of Bolivia and discovered a new species, a ...

From TikTok to frontrunner, inside Paz's presidential campaign in Bolivia

Senator Rodrigo Paz, the surprise top finisher in Bolivia's first-round presidential election, spent years traveling the ...

Explainer-Who Are Bolivia's Presidential Runoff Contenders Promising Economic Overhaul?

A well-known figure in Bolivian politics, Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, 65, is a conservative candidate representing the Alianza ...

A Centrist Surges in Bolivia as Voters Turn Away From Socialism

Rodrigo Paz, who had trailed in the polls, won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, as decades of ...