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Bolivia Certifies Paz’s Runoff Win as Formal Transition to Nov. 8 Inauguration Begins

Transition teams are organizing the Nov. 8 investiture under an Arce decree that sets an orderly handover.

Overview

  • The electoral tribunal completed the official count at 100%, confirming Rodrigo Paz with 54.96% over Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga’s 45.04%.
  • President Luis Arce’s cabinet approved a decree for the transition and transmission of command, mandating the orderly delivery of documentation from each institution.
  • Joint commissions from the outgoing and incoming teams are coordinating protocol, security and invitations for the ceremony at the Legislative Assembly, with site visits already underway.
  • Quiroga acknowledged that Paz is the president-elect, while his alliance requested records for an audit after localized errors he said do not change the outcome.
  • Paz signaled a foreign‑policy shift by seeking to reopen relations with the United States and by not inviting the presidents of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba to his investiture.