From being a country with a record of coups d'état to a laboratory of Andean populism, Bolivia is facing a new turning point. The presidential runoff marks the end of MAS hegemony and opens an uncertain scenario: the political elite will have to face an economy on the verge of collapse and the persistent ghost of Evo Morales.

The democratic opposition does not only face the challenge of channeling fragmented social demands: it faces a punitive legal framework designed to prevent its consolidation.

By a judicial decision, the communists lost ownership of the historic party, which now has a board of directors made up of people loyal to Maduro.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's speech on the relativity of the concept of democracy has caused an intense debate in the region's networks and media.