Nine nations say Bolivian President-elect Rodrigo Paz Pereira's win heralds a time of change in the South American nation that was a leading socialist state.

Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) called for the U.S. to strengthen ties with Bolivia after centrist Rodrigo Paz was elected as the country’s next president on Sunday. Risch and Shaheen are the chair and ranking member,

Israel welcomes the election of Rodrigo Paz after Bolivians elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule, saying that Jerusalem hoped this would herald a “new chapter” in relations between the countries.

Ex-president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga and Senator Rodrigo Paz will go head-to-head in Bolivia's presidential run-off Sunday, with either hopeful likely to shift the nation's politics significantly to the right.

Bolivia's acute economic crisis could limit the government’s ability to tackle organized crime and push more people into criminal activity.

Afro-Bolivians, though recognized in their country's 2009 constitution, remain among Bolivia’s most invisible groups