With 54.5% of votes, Rodrigo Paz has been elected the new President of Bolivia, defeating Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga in the second round of general elections. teleSUR
00:00With 54.5% of votes, Rodrigo Paz has been elected the new president of Bolivia, Jorge Tuto Quiroga, in the second round of general elections.
00:13This is almost breaking news. A few moments ago we released the results were announced by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of the Nation
00:21after 97% of votes were counted in a run-off election that saw a turnout of over 7 million voters.
00:31From the Democratic-Christian Party, past son of former head of state Jaime Passamora and who served as mayor of Tarija, won with more than 3,350,000 votes,
00:44while Tuto Quiroga from the Freedom and Democracy Party obtained 2,789,000.
00:52The results officially launched a new era of struggle for the indigenous communities of the country
00:58as it ends 20 years of social advances promoted by the left.
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