Analysis: Bolivia vote suggests pandemic may fuel populism in Latin America


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  • Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: People participate in a demonstration called by Colombian indigenous people to demand the government to protect their territories, stop the assassinations of social leaders, and the implementation of a peace agreement, at a meeting called "Minga" in Bogota, Colombia October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo

LA PAZ/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A landslide win by Bolivia's socialist party at weekend elections may herald a year of dramatic shifts in Latin American politics as the painful economic impact of the pandemic discredits incumbents and fuels demand for change.

Bolivia's former economy minister Luis Arce won Sunday's vote in the Andean nation, pledging to protect welfare spending as he takes over next month from a conservative interim government.

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