The victory of center-right candidate Rodrigo Paz marks the end of 20 years of leftist governments
Bolivia held a presidential runoff vote on Sunday, with the polls seeing a face-off between two right-wing candidates, centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira and former conservative President Jorge Quiroga.
Paz secured 54.6% of the vote, while Quiroga received 45.4%, according to preliminary results. While the ballots will now be subjected to a thorough manual examination, the final result is unlikely to deviate from the initial tally announced after 97% of ballots were counted.
The election marks the end of the 20-year-long rule of the leftist…
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