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Bolivia's presidential vote goes to a runoff
NPR
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August 18, 2025
Fueled by the worst economic crisis in decades, Bolivians are voting for a new president and Congress, which is heading for a runoff between a centrist and far-right candidate later this year. Sponsor Message LEILA FADEL, HOST: Bolivians have...
What to know about Bolivia's election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political landscape
Yahoo News
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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of a neoliberal ex-president who is pitching himself as a moderate reformer. The other is former right-wing president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, galvanizing...
What to know about Bolivia's election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political landscape
The Messenger - Kentucky
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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of a neoliberal ex-president who is pitching himself as a moderate reformer. The other is former right-wing president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga galvanizing...
In Bolivia, Indigenous radio stations are at the mercy of cyberhacks
Global Voices
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August 19, 2025
Canva illustration by Global Voices. In June 2024, the official Facebook page of Radio Chiwalaki, an Indigenous, rural radio station located in the province of Vacas in Cochabamba, Bolivia, was hacked. Far from being a small issue, this event...
What to know about Bolivia's election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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“There has been a paradigm shift,” said Bolivian sociologist Renzo Abruzzese. “What is truly historic is that the old cycle is over. It has carried away the classical leftist thought that dominated much of the 20th century.” The shadow of unrest...
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FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona
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Israel to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza City, Putin courts Trump, Bolivia’s right-wing gains, U.S. stops medical treatment for Gaza’s children
Drop Site
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August 18, 2025
Since dawn, Israeli forces have killed at least 17 people in Gaza, with the Ministry of Health reporting five more deaths from starvation. Israel announces plans to forcibly displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza southwards as part...
Bolivia heads to a runoff after an election ends 2 decades of ruling party dominance
ABC News - New York
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August 18, 2025
LA PAZ, Bolivia -- Bolivia’s presidential vote is headed to an unprecedented runoff after Sunday's election ended over two decades of ruling party dominance in the Andean nation. A centrist, Sen. Rodrigo Paz, drew more votes than the...
Bolivia heads to a runoff after an election ends two decades of ruling party dominance
CityNews Halifax
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August 18, 2025
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s presidential vote is headed to an unprecedented runoff after Sunday’s election ended over two decades of ruling party dominance in the Andean nation. A centrist, Sen. Rodrigo Paz, drew more votes than the...
Bolivia: Arce urges to reaffirm democracy in runoff
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 18, 2025
“I greet and congratulate every Bolivian man and woman who (…) went to the polls to exercise their civic right and duty to our country, and elect democratically the next president of our Plurinational State of Bolivia,” Arce wrote on social media....
World News | Bolivia Heads to Presidential Run-off as MAS Ends Two-decade Rule
Latestly
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August 18, 2025
La Paz [Bolivia], August 18 (ANI): Bolivia is heading to a presidential run-off between a Centrist and Right-wing candidate, marking the end of nearly two decades of government by the Movement for Socialism (MAS), the country's electoral council...
Bolivia heads to presidential runoff, pitting centrist candidate against right-wing
The Globe and Mail
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August 18, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Rodrigo Paz’s campaign gained unexpected traction in recent weeks, upsetting expectations that the two leading right-wing contenders would capture the top two spots in the election.Freddy Barragan/The Associated Press...
Bolivia’s presidential vote heads to runoff between centrist and right-wing candidates
Arab Times
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August 18, 2025
Supporters of presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz celebrate early results showing a lead in the presidential election in La Paz, Bolivia on Aug 17. (AP) LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug 18, (AP): Bolivia's presidential vote headed to an unprecedented runoff...
GW Textile Museum exhibit explores cultural heritage through handwoven art
The GW Hatchet - Washington D.C.
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August 18, 2025
In a spacious, second-floor room of the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, visitors mingled, talking quietly as they took in the array of culturally significant textiles from Iran, Bolivia, Peru and other countries around...
Bolivia exit polls suggest leftist defeat; centrist Rodrigo Paz leads
Japan Today
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August 18, 2025
Early exit polls in Bolivia's presidential election on Sunday showed Centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party leading, with the ruling Movement for Socialism party on track to suffer its worst electoral defeat in a...
Bolivia set to elect first non-left wing president in two decades
BBC
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August 18, 2025
Ione WellsSouth America correspondent, BBC News ShareSave Rodrigo Paz Pereira is the frontrunner in Bolivia's first-round presidential election which took place on Sunday. Bolivia is set to elect a non-left wing president after nearly two decades...
Rodrigo Paz and Tuto Quiroga will compete for the Bolivian presidency in October
El País
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August 18, 2025
The result of the presidential elections held Sunday in Bolivia could scarcely have been more surprising. Like a marathon runner attacking the field in the final push, the Christian Democratic Party candidate, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, son of former...
Bolivian Elections: Polling Stations Close as Scheduled, Votes Counting Begin
teleSUR
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August 17, 2025
Polling stations in Bolivia closed at 16:00 local time after eight hours of voting to elect president, vice president and renew the Parliament legislature for 2025-2030. In several regions, the electoral juries began counting at the 34,026 polling...
Alleged leader of Slovenian Kavač Clan cell murdered in Bolivia
STA
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August 18, 2025
Ljubljana, 18 August - Croatian Marko Skerbec, whose name appeared in Slovenia in an indictment against alleged members of the Slovenian cell of the Montenegrin drug cartel known as the Kavač Clan, was killed in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz...
Media: Explosion near polling station in Bolivia
News.Az
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The explosion occurred near a polling station where Bolivian presidential candidate Andronico Rodriguez was scheduled to vote, News.Az reports citing the El Deber. According to the publication, it is believed that this was a stick of dynamite....