Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz faces multiple roadblocks as he fights to change the country’s protectionist stance on lithium ...

Bolivia elected a new president who will immediately face an acute economic crisis that could limit the government’s ability to tackle organized crime and push more people into criminal activity.

An Aymara woman casts her vote during the presidential runoff election in Laja, some 30 km west of La Paz, on October 19, 2025. Bolivians head to the polls to choose between right-wing candidates ...

Presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz leaves after accompanying his daughter Catalina to vote during general elections, in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (Credit: Freddy Barragan/AP.) Listen ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s presidential vote headed to an unprecedented runoff after elections Sunday that ended more than two decades of left-wing dominance in the Andean nation but signaled ...