Bolivia: Presidential Election
Roundtable panel: Olivia Arigho-Stiles; Angus McNelly, and Enrique Castañón Ballivián. Chaired by Francesca Lessa.
Bolivia: Presidential Election
29 Oct 2025, 13:00 – 14:30
*Important update: The event will now start at 13:00 — this is a change from the previously advertised time of 12:00.*
This roundtable will reflect on the outcome of the general elections in Bolivia. A deep economic and political crisis has opened a new political conjuncture in the country. The MAS party that until recently was considered the most prominent party in the country’s history has become largely irrelevant. After nearly two decades, Bolivia’s government will be firmly placed on the right side of the political spectrum. Join us to discuss this major political restructuring and its implications.
Olivia is a Simon Postdoctoral Fellow, an interdisciplinary researcher of Indigenous and peasant politics and the rural world in twentieth century Bolivia. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Essex, an MA in Latin American Studies from UCL and a BA in History from the University of Oxford.
Angus's first monograph, Now We Are in Power: The Politics of Passive Revolution in Twenty-First Century Bolivia, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2023. He is currently research, the history of hydrocarbons, mining, cattle ranching and meat planes in Bolivia. Link to biography.
A Bolivian scholar, Enrique researches the dynamics, theory and politics of agrarian change and environmental governance in Latin America, with a focus on agribusiness expansion and resource politics. Link to biography.
Francesca is the author of The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America (Yale University Press, 2022) and Plan Cóndor: Viejos secretos y nuevos hallazgos (Reservoir Books, 2025, 2nd edition) with Sebastián Santana Camargo. She is the coordinator of the Plancondor.org Project at UCL. Link to biography.
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