Bolivia set about choosing the first president of the wing, who was not adhered after two decades

Bolivia will choose a president of the wing, who has not been glued after nearly two decades, an almost continuous rule by the current Socialist Party, according to official preliminary results.

Senator Rodrigo Paz Pere Pereira and former President Jorge Quiroga came first and second in the presidential election on Sunday.

None of them received a sufficiently high share of the vote to provide open profit, so that the vote will go to leak between these two candidates, in October.

Paz Pereira of the Christian Democratic Party was a surprising vote after public opinion studies suggested that Samuel Doria Medina, a businessman, was a championship.

Election authorities said they could take up to three days to finalize the results.

Paz Pereira’s campaign focuses on the redistribution of more funds from the central government to regional entities and the fight against corruption – with its slogan “Capitalism for all, not just a few”.

He has offered an affordable loan program, tax breaks to raise the official economy and eliminate the import barriers for products that Bolivia does not produce.

Quiroga briefly acts as a temporary president since 2001-2002 after being Vice President of Hugo Banzer, a military dictator until he was later elected.

The election of a president outside the left camp is likely to see sudden changes in Latin American foreign policy.

In terms of trade, the capitalist positions of candidates may show more support for foreign investment in the huge lithium reserves of Bolivia – the main ingredient for batteries used in many electric cars, laptops and solar panels.

Politically, a change in government may mark more relations with the United States, after two decades of strengthening bonds between Bolivia and China, Russia and Iran.

A recent briefing for the US Congress Report describes the US -Bolivia relations as “strained” under the rule of the Socialist Party.

The order of the country on the right comes as it is experiencing his oldest economic crisis For years, with fuel shortages, foreign reserves and some food and high inflation and debt.

Public opinion polls before the election suggest that many voters want to vote for change or punish the acting Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) party.

The current President Luis Arsse, who has been deeply unpopularity, has decided not to seek re -election.

The punishment of the left is not just selective, but physical, but physical in some cases.

The candidate for MAS, Eduardo del Castillo, was stuck by the school where he voted. The Bolivian media reported that some fellow voters told him to “wait in line as they did for fuel” rather than miss the vote.

People also threw stones at the highest quality left candidate, Androniko Rodriguez when he went to throw his ballot. Previously, Rodriguez was a member of MAS before splitting from the party.

Authorities in Bolivia also said that an explosive device began in the electoral section where Rodriguez voted. There are no reports of significant damage or injuries.

Rodriguez described it as an “isolated incident”, orchestrated by a “small group” of the Bolivian newspaper.

The left has not only encountered recent unpopularity over the economy. It is also deeply separated.

For the first time in about two decades, former President Evo Morales was not on the newsletter.

Morales has managed the country since 2006-2019 and was forbidden to run again, despite attempts to challenge the legal and constitutional decisions in order to let him run for a fourth term.

He urged his supporters to downplay their voice.

Rodriguez was once regarded as a Morales protégé, but since then he has distanced himself from him.

The last elections in 2019 were contested and protests broke out. Morales was accused of fraud after the auditors found irregularities in the poll and he resigned under pressure from the military.

In 2020, Luis Arsce – a former Financial Minister under Morales – took office as president. Then Morales announced that he would return to politics in Bolivia and deprive Arce of the majority – turning the couple from allies to rivals.

Since then, there have been deep gaps and power struggles in the ruling MAS Party. Proponents of Morales held protests and obstacles to the ban on re -election imposed on him, which sometimes turned deadly when some emergency responses were killed.

The judges ordered arrest warrant Over the alleged sexual relationship and rape of a 15-year-old girl. He called the accusations politically motivated.

He lives and operates from Chapara in Bolivia, protected at times by his supporters.