Bolivians go to polls in election that could end 20 years of socialism

<p>Rightwing candidates lead polling ahead of fragmented left amid country’s worst economic crisis in four decades</p><p>Bolivians are going to the polls in an election that could mark a shift to the right – and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/15/bolivia-presidential-election-right-wing">end of nearly 20 years of rule</a> by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas).</p><p>The party, which came to power with the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/dec/20/usa.bolivia">first election</a> of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/evo-morales">Evo Morales</a> in 2005, risks losing its legal status if it fails to reach 3% – a threshold it has not hit in polls.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/17/bolivians-go-to-polls-in-election-that-could-end-20-years-of-socialism">Continue reading...</a>