Bolivia: Centrist's Foreign Policy Is the Radical Choice

With a pivotal first-round presidential election slated for August 17, the Middle East looms large in Bolivia’s foreign policy debates. Centre-right businessman and LSE-trained economist Samuel Doria Medina is leading all credible polls (though not with a wide margin), setting the stage for a possible rupture with the ruling Movement Toward Socialism’s (MAS) longstanding alliances, including Palestine and Iran.