End of an era: Bolivia breaks with 20 years of the extreme left and heads to a historic presidential run-off election

Bolivia is heading for the first time in its history to a presidential runoff, in a scenario that leaves out the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), the leftist force that ruled the country for almost 20 years. Preliminary results of the elections held on Sunday place Rodrigo Paz, of the Christian Democratic Party, with around 31% of the votes, and former president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, with 27%, as the two contenders who will contest the presidency in a runoff.