Bolivia: Centrist Paz wins presidency

Bogdan Hofbauer

Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president after two decades of one-party rule by the leftist Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Rodrigo Paz, secured 54.6% over 45.4% for his rival, right-wing former interim president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, in the run-off election .  In a victory speech, Paz said his country was "reclaiming its place on the international stage." "We must open Bolivia to the world and restore its role," the 58-year-old economist-

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