Bolivia, final days of election campaigning ahead of unprecedented presidential runoff election

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Bolivia is experiencing the final days of election campaigning ahead of the unprecedented presidential runoff election to be held on October 19. teleSUR

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00:00Olivia is experiencing the final days of election campaigning ahead of the unprecedented presidential

00:05runoff election to be held on October 19th.

00:08After a long election process, the opposition tandems led by the right-wing candidates Rodrigo

00:14Paz Pereira and Jorge Tuto Quiroga are facing off to elect the president and vice president.

00:20In the wake of the ruling movement's defeat in the August elections, the candidates ended

00:24their campaigns with conflicting economic proposals.

00:27A prohibition on alcohol is decreed from 12 a.m. local time on October 17th until the

00:31morning of Monday, October 20th.

00:33On election day, it is prohibited to carry weapons, hold public events or transport borders.

00:39This ballotage is a mechanism introduced in the 2009 constitution that is being activated

00:44for the first time in the history of the country.

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