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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tiago Rogero in La Paz

Two decades of leftwing dominance end in Bolivia as rightwingers head to election runoff

Bolivia’s presidential election will go to a runoff for the first time, with two rightwing candidates competing for the presidency – marking the end of nearly 20 years of dominance by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas).

The candidate with the most votes, however, turned out to be a surprise: centre-right senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 57, who had started the campaign with just 3% support in opinion polls.

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