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COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA - OCT. 19: Bolivians head to the polls on Sunday for a presidential runoff election, choosing between centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz and conservative former President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga.Paz, the 57-year-old candidate for the Christian Democratic Party, is the son of Jaime Paz Zamora, a former leftist president who governed from 1989 to 1993.Paz began his political career as a lawmaker in 2002, later serving as mayor and governor of his native Tarija region.This is Paz's first presidential bid. He surprised many by winning the first round with 32% of the vote, ahead of the 65-year-old Quiroga, who is representing the Freedom and Democracy party and secured 26%.Quiroga, 65, has previously run unsuccessfully for president three times. He served as president from 2001 to 2002, finishing the final year of former military dictator Hugo Banzer's term after Banzer resigned from lung cancer.In his 20-year political career, Quiroga has held positions as a deputy, mayor, governor of Tarija, and current senator.The incoming government faces the country's worst economic crisis in 40 years, worsened by an internal split within the ruling left that contributed to its heavy electoral defeat in the first round on August 17.(Footage by Pablo Fernando Rivera Zapata/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)