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.

Since 2023, the Andean nation has been crippled by a shortage of US dollars that has locked Bolivians out of their own savings and hampered imports. The value of a boliviano on the black market is half the official exchange rate. Year-on-year inflation soared to 23 per cent last month, the highest rate since 1991. Fuel shortages paralyse the

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