Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network in Cochabamba: “Polls underestimated Paz’s popularity, but a runoff between two right-wing candidates was expected. Heated protests and government repression seem unlikely until the new administration implements policy changes. Both candidates represent the traditional political elite. Their proposals to decrease state benefits risk increasing poverty and limiting the rights of Indigenous and rural populations, whose standard of living increased under Morales. Quiroga promotes IMF credits, privatization of state companies and austerity measures. He supports pro-U.S. alignment and forced coca eradication, which provoked gross human rights violations during his previous term as president. In contrast, Paz, son of MIR leader Jaime Paz and Quiroga’s…”
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