Bolivians are set to head to the polls to choose between two pro-market candidates in a presidential run-off that marks the end of nearly two decades of socialist rule and the start of a likely realignment towards the United States.

The vote on Sunday pits conservative former interim President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, 65, against centrist Senator and economist Rodrigo Paz, the 58-year-old son of the former left-wing President Jaime Zamora.

Both men have promised to overhaul Bolivia’s crisis-hit economy and restore the relationship with the US after years of tense, often hostile ties under the left-wing governments of Evo Morales and his successor, outgoing President Luis Arce.

The governing Movement Towards Socialism party (MAS), racked by division, has failed to advance a candidate to t

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