Bolivia's former President (2001-2002) and presidential candidate Jorge 'Tuto' Quiroga speaks during an interview with ...

Bolivian right-wing presidential hopeful Jorge 'Tuto' Quiroga on Monday vowed to scrap billion-dollar lithium extraction deals struck by the outgoing government with Russia and China if elected leader. "We don't recognise [outgoing …

COMMENTARY: Bolivia turns page on socialism

After two decades of socialist rule, Bolivia will have a centrist as president. Bolivians must wait until October to know who voters will choose, but the results in last Sunday's first round of elections are good news in a South American country in …

Bolivia’s Presidential Candidate Threatens to Cancel Lithium Deals with Russia and China

Bolivian presidential candidate Jorge Quiroga Ramírez announced his intention to terminate multi-billion dollar lithium contracts signed by outgoing President Luis Arce with Russia and China. “We do not recognize these contracts. Let’s stop them; they will …

Bolivia's long-ruling party was almost eliminated from Congress, final vote results show

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Voters in Bolivia practically threw the long-governing party out of Congress, a final count released Tuesday showed, after presidential and parliamentary elections this month heralded a tectonic shift in this Andean country. In a …

Meet the candidates running to be Bolivia’s first non-leftist president in 20 years 

Bolivia is on track to elect its first non-leftist president in 20 years, following a first round of voting which saw no candidate win an outright majority of votes.  The two candidates who received the highest number of votes- centrist Rodrigo Paz of the …

Shell threatens Bolivia with investment treaty claim 

Credit: Shutterstock/Karolis Kavolelis Shell has threatened to file an investment treaty claim against Bolivia over measures affecting its oil and gas interests, including the annulment of a commercial arbitration award and “malicious” criminal …

Presidential Hopeful Vows to Negotiate Bolivia $14 Billion Debt

While Quiroga hasn’t done much public campaigning since the election’s first round, he said Bolivians will back him because he provides a starker contrast to the socialist government than Paz does. Quiroga’s running mate, businessman Juan Pablo Velasco, is …

Bolivia’s right-wing ex-president Jorge Quiroga says he’ll ‘change everything’ if elected

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga was once seen as a sideshow in Bolivia’s presidential races, his pleas for free markets and small government falling on deaf ears in a country dominated by budget-busting populism. Now, after three failed …

Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni salt pan, the world's largest, is at the heart of its plans to become a global lithium power

Bolivia's former president (2001-2002) and presidential candidate Jorge 'Tuto' Quiroga is bidding to become the country'...

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