Comparing key candidates’ government plans in Bolivia’s 2025 Elections
As Bolivia approaches its 2025 general elections, the country faces severe economic pressures, political polarization, and public demands for institutional reform. The leading candidates present sharply different approaches to economic recovery, state reform, and Bolivia’s role in the world.
Samuel Doria Medina, proposes an immediate fiscal overhaul. His plan includes closing unprofitable state enterprises, removing fuel subsidies, and restructuring public finances to curb inflation and shortages. He also aims to reorient foreign relations toward Europe, the United States, and Asia, reducing reliance on China, Russia, and Iran.
Eduardo Del Castillo, the current candidate for the ruling MAS party, outlines a state-led modernization program. His proposals cover a digital transformation of healthcare, expanded educational grants, STEM-focused curricula, and judicial reforms to speed up legal processes. He also emphasizes cultural promotion, tourism development, environmental rights, and strengthening Bolivia’s autonomy within a multipolar world.
Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, leading Alianza Libre, advocates a market-driven recovery. His agenda centers on privatization, technological modernization, and a transition toward a cleaner energy mix that combines natural gas with carbon capture and green investments.
Manfred Reyes Villa, from APB-Súmate, positions the state as a “strategic facilitator” of development. He has pledged an immediate $10 billion capital injection and proposed lowering gasoline prices to stabilize living costs, alongside deeper global integration.
Andrónico Rodríguez, candidate of Alianza Popular (AP), structures his platform around 10 commitments framed as citizens’ rights. These include restoring economic and political stability, supporting work in both formal and rural sectors, and ensuring access to healthy food through aid for small producers. He proposes gradually eliminating fuel subsidies with compensations, creating a U.S. dollar fund to stabilize the exchange rate, expanding access to fair credit, and avoiding excessive public debt.
These competing visions reflect the crossroads Bolivia faces: rapid market liberalization, comprehensive state-led modernization, or hybrid approaches seeking to balance growth, sovereignty, and stability. The outcome will determine not only the country’s economic path but also its place in an increasingly fractured global order.
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