Rodrigo Paz has been sworn in as Bolivia’s new president, marking a shift after nearly 20 years of one-party rule.
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With the election of President Paz, the United States and Bolivia are poised to start a new chapter in our countries’ 176-year partnership.
Rodrigo Paz Pereira was born on 22 September 1967 in Santiago de Compostela, in Spain, [1] the first-born son of Carmen Pereira Carballo, a native of Spain, [2] and Bolivian then-exiled national Jaime Paz Zamora.
Rodrigo Paz beat out his far more prominent right-wing opponent, former President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, to clinch a victory in Bolivia’s presidential runoff.
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Rodrigo Paz has been sworn in as Bolivia’s president, ushering in a new era for the South American nation after nearly 20 years of governance by the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party.
Presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz addresses supporters after preliminary results showed him leading in the presidential runoff election in La Paz, Bolivia on Sunday.
Now 58, Paz has already served as a city councilor, congressman, and mayor of the southern city of Tarija. He remains an active politician today, holding a senate seat for the opposition party...
Paz has fundamentally reoriented Bolivia’s diplomatic stance. He restored relations with the United States and Israel, reopened dialogue with multilateral lenders, and even welcomed the return of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)—which had been expelled by Morales in 2008.