Centrist Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivia's presidential runoff, topping right-wing rival

[Jose Garcia]

Source: https://www.kiro7.com/news/world/centrist-rodrigo-paz/FH3ES3YQDU5B5D6W6EZ5C6UDVU/

By ISABEL DEBRE and PAOLA FLORES
October 19, 2025 at 6:45 pm PDT

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator who was never a nationally prominent figure until now, won Bolivia's presidential election on Sunday, preliminary results showed, galvanizing voters outraged by the country's economic crisis and frustrated with 20 years of rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party.

“The trend is irreversible,” Óscar Hassenteufel, the president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, said of Paz's lead over his rival, former right-wing President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga.

Paz won 54% of the votes, early results showed, versus Quiroga's 45%.

Shortly after the results came in, Quiroga conceded to Paz.

Read more: KIRO TV

[rpannier]

1. Good

Hoping this works well for the people of Bolivia
Another Milei is something South America does not need

[Marie Marie]

2. Centrist replace right winger??? How long before The Yam starts picking a fight with Paz?

[murielm99]

3. Only if Bolivia has oil or

some other resource the orange menace thinks he is entitled to own.

[Jose Garcia]

8. No, the current President is a leftist, but

the leftist candidate didn't make the runoff.

[Cne99999]

4. Centurist by 10% only?

WTF, This should have been a landslide. Left by 30% or 40%.

The world is still fucked. It's not enough of a win.

What is wrong with humans?

[rpannier]

6. Look at Korea last spring

41% of the country voted for the party whose leader tried an insurrection and was impeached.
They should have finished in fifth place (I say that because there were 3 other reasonably viable candidates in addition to the party that won. The sixth one was from a party that is totally insane)

[SSJVegeta]

5. This sounds like very good news.

[2naSalit]

7. K&R