With Bolivia's presidential runoff on Oct. 19 pitting two right-wingers against each other, austerity measures and a foreign policy realignment toward the West are certain, but persisting risks of unrest and a potential future rollback of pro-business measures could extend current high debt and challenges to the country's investment attractiveness. Bolivia will hold its first-ever presidential runoff election on Oct. 19. Right-wing former President Jorge Quiroga of the Freedom and Democracy Alliance (Libre) will face off against center-right Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). The vote follows general elections on Aug. 17, in which Bolivia's ruling left-wing Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party lost control of the legislative branch and was eliminated from the presidential race. In the first round of the presidential election, Paz received 31% of the vote and Quiroga 26.7%. Pre-election polling for the runoff has indicated that Quiroga is leading. Unitel reported in...
