Bolivia: Centrist Paz wins presidency | NYGazet

For the first time in two decades, the economically ailing South American nation will be run by a center-right capitalist.

Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president after two decades of one-party rule by the leftist Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Rodrigo Paz, secured 54.6% over 45.4% for his rival, right-wing former in... [3781 chars]