After ending two decades of MAS hegemony, Rodrigo Paz assumes the presidency of Bolivia with the legitimacy of change, but faces the enormous challenge of governing without a solid party structure.
The historic collapse of the MAS in 2025 brings two decades of populist hegemony to a close and opens up an unprecedented presidential race between the traditional Jorge Quiroga and the emerging Rodrigo Paz.
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.