Bolivia heads to the polls in a tight runoff as voters seek a president to lift them from crisis

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivians began voting Sunday in their country’s first presidential runoff that pits two conservative, capitalist candidates against each other, ushering in a new political era after two decades of one-party rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party.

Voters are choosing between former right-wing President Jorge “Tuto Quiroga and centrist Sen. Rodrigo Paz as they look for a leader to lift them out of their country’s worst economic crisis in decades.