The election of center-right Sen. Rodrigo Paz as president of Bolivia on Sunday was inarguably the latest rejection of the leftist agenda that at one point dominated nearly all of Latin America.
After 20 years of socialism under Presidents Evo Morales and Luis Arce, both affiliated with the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, voters chose Paz, son of a former president, over stalwart conservative former President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga by a margin of 54% to 46%, respectively.
While Paz’s triumph is clearly a rejection of Bolivia’s leftist past, the president-elect is not like other more notable (and clearly more unconventional) leaders who have come to power in the last two years: Argentina’s flamboyant Javier Milei, the first libertarian president elected anywhere in the world, and Ecuador’s “law-and-order” President Daniel Noboa.
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