Bolivian Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the centrist Christian Democratic Party won a surprise victory in Sunday’s presidential elections and will go to a runoff election against conservative former President Jorge Quiroga on October 19.
Sunday’s general election saw a resounding defeat of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), marking the end of its 20-year rule. In addition to losing the presidency, preliminary results published by local outlets at press time indicate that, with eight Congressional seats and five Senate seats yet to be defined, MAS lost all but one of its 75-seat majority at the Chamber of Deputies and has not secured a…
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