The surprise frontrunner in Bolivia's presidential elections reportedly had his phone stolen on Sunday while giving a speech to supporters to celebrate his first-round victory. Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz topped Sunday's polls with 32% of the votes cast, although he did not receive a high enough share to secure an outright victory.

Now, on October 19, Bolivians will hold presidential runoff for the first time—an option only introduced in the 2009 Constitution. As voters prepare to pick their next president, AS/COA online looks at dark horse candidate Paz, the collapse of MAS, and the composition of the next national legislature.

One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of a neoliberal ex-president who is pitching himself as a moderate reformer.

A seismic political shift has taken place in Bolivia. The country’s leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas) party, which has dominated Bolivian politics for nearly 20 years, was voted out of power in a general election on August 17.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Los bolivianos irán a un balotaje tras unos sorpresivos comicios presidenciales que dieron el triunfo a un senador de centro que no figuraba entre los favoritos, aunque sin que obtuviera los votos necesarios para asegurar su ...

Siendo un policía en la ciudad boliviana de Santa Cruz, Edman Lara saltó a la fama publicando historias sobre la corrupción policial en

By Lucinda Elliott and Monica Machicao LA PAZ (Reuters) -Ballot stations have closed in Bolivia after millions took to the polls in a general election on Sunday that has been overshadowed by inflation at a four-decade high and the absence of former leftist President Evo Morales,