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While giving a speech, the presidential candidate in Bolivia had his phone stolen

2025-08-19 22:30:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

While giving a speech, the presidential candidate in Bolivia had his phone

The surprise candidate in Bolivia's presidential election reportedly had his phone stolen while he was giving a speech to supporters to celebrate his first-round victory.

Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz led Sunday's election with 32% of the votes cast, although he did not receive a sufficient percentage to secure an outright victory.

Paz will face right-wing former president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, who received just over 26% of the vote, in a runoff on October 19.

On Sunday evening, as Paz was addressing his supporters in Bolivia's capital, La Paz, following his first-round victory, the candidate's phone was stolen, local media reported.

It's not the first time a politician's stolen cell phone has made headlines in Bolivia.

In August 2022, former Bolivian President Evo Morales said his phone had been stolen during a campaign event in Santa Cruz, the country's largest city. The disappearance of his phone sparked a massive police operation in an attempt to find it, according to local media.

Sunday's vote signaled the end of an era for the MAS party, which has governed almost uninterruptedly since Morales came to power as part of the "pink wave" of leaders who came to office across Latin America during the commodities boom of the early 2000s./CNA





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