Ahead of Bolivia’s runoff presidential election, CIVICUS discusses the political landscape with Gabriela Keseberg Dávalos, a Bolivian-German political scientist.
Bolivia’s 17 August presidential election, held in a context of economic crisis and political mistrust, signals the end of 20 years of rule by Evo Morales’s leftist Movement for Socialism (MAS). The shock result saw Rodrigo Paz Pereira, who’d never polled above 10 per cent, win 32 per cent of the vote, followed by Jorge ‘Tuto’ Quiroga with 27 per cent. They’ll contest Bolivia’s first-ever runoff vote on 19 October.
