# Will Bolivian president Rodrigo Paz Pereira remain in power through the end of 2026?

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## Forecast

P(Yes): 85.7%; P(No): 14.3%.

Generated: October 11, 2026 at 2:25 AM UTC
Resolution check date: 2027-01-02
Forecast model: gpt-6.1-sol
Research model: gpt-5.6-sol+gpt-6.1-sol+claude-opus-5-5

## Analysis

## TL;DR

I assign **86% to YES** under the client’s continuous-tenure rules. Paz survived the earlier blockade crisis, and police and military personnel continue carrying out his government’s road-security operations ([June reporting](https://elpais.com/america/2026-06-23/paz-logra-desbloquear-las-carreteras-de-bolivia-despues-de-mas-de-50-dias-de-conflicto-social.html); [October deployments](https://eldeber.com.bo/pais/policias-militares-mantienen-control-carreteras-tres-dias-anunciada-marcha-evista_1791676322)). The main threat is renewed unrest that breaks political and security backing; disputed interim succession creates a separate continuity risk.

## Context

I use the client’s October 11, 2026, 02:14 UTC cutoff and assess continuity from June 5, 2026, 03:24 UTC through the stipulated year-end deadline. About 82 days remain. Official state reporting documents Paz performing presidential duties in San Borja on October 10, establishing current incumbency but not, by itself, uninterrupted tenure ([ABI, October 10](https://abi.bo/presidente-paz-saluda-los-333-anos-de-san-borja-y-anuncia-paquete-de-obras-para-el-municipio/)).

The June description no longer describes an unchanged national shutdown. Roads reopened by June 23 after more than 50 days of conflict. The new danger is another mobilization following diesel-subsidy removal, with Morales-aligned organizers preparing action for October 13 and explicitly demanding the government’s departure ([June 23 reporting](https://elpais.com/america/2026-06-23/paz-logra-desbloquear-las-carreteras-de-bolivia-despues-de-mas-de-50-dias-de-conflicto-social.html); [organizers’ October 9 statements](https://brujuladigital.net/politica/2026/10/09/sectores-afines-a-evo-ratifican-marcha-del-martes-y-paz-responde-la-vida-da-sorpresas-67551)).

## Evidence

Bolivia’s historical record warrants a substantial crisis premium, but not a full-term removal probability applied to a short remaining window. The democratic-era backbone contains four clear abrupt departures: Banzer’s illness-related resignation in 2001, Sánchez de Lozada’s resignation in 2003, Mesa’s resignation in 2005, and Morales’s resignation in 2019 ([State Department historical account](https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/bolivia/40534.htm); [CRS historical account, January 2009](https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL32580/RL32580.14.pdf); [CRS account, December 2019](https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IN/PDF/IN11198/IN11198.5.pdf)). Four events over approximately 44 calendar years—from democratic restoration through the current cutoff—imply about a 2% interruption risk over the remaining horizon under a constant-hazard approximation. This is calendar exposure, not four independent presidential trials. Including Siles Zuazo’s negotiated shortening of his term adds a fifth departure and raises that illustrative baseline to about 3% ([restoration date](https://www.defensoria.gob.bo/noticias/pronunciamiento-la-democracia-se-construye-con-memoria%2C-derechos-humanos%2C-libertad-y-dignidad-para-todas-y-todos); [IMF historical discussion](https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781557753175/ch002.xml)). These exits cluster in crises. I therefore use the baseline as an anchor, not the answer.

The closest positive evidence is revealed behavior during the earlier confrontation. On June 19, COB leader Mario Argollo signed a settlement with Paz and instructed affiliates to suspend pressure measures. That shows the main labor federation can accept concessions without obtaining presidential resignation. It does not establish that the settlement’s promises were fulfilled or that another confrontation will end the same way ([Erbol, June 19](https://erbol.com.bo/nacional/cob-firma-acuerdo-con-el-gobierno-y-anuncia-que-se-levantan-medidas-de-presi%C3%B3n); [official confirmation](https://abi.bo/la-cob-instruye-levantar-los-bloqueos-y-todas-las-medidas-de-presion-a-nivel-nacional-tras-acuerdo-con-el-gobierno/)).

The diesel adjustment creates a fresh, broadly felt grievance. The initial retail price rose from Bs9.80 to Bs17.95 per litre—an approximately 83% increase in nominal local-currency prices. Freight and passenger transport transmit that shock beyond direct diesel purchasers. The government also announced compensating benefits and preferential credit, but announcements do not establish delivery or adequate compensation ([contemporaneous September 21 account](https://lahora.gt/lh-economia/redaccioneconomia/2026/09/21/bolivia-pone-fin-al-subsidio-del-diesel-y-desata-rechazo-por-su-impacto-economico/)).

The opposition has shared grievances without a demonstrated common removal strategy. October 9 reporting described campesino leaders distancing themselves from Morales’s mobilization. On October 10, a CSUTCB faction rejected the diesel increase and sought a subsequent unity assembly to decide pressure measures. That is an adverse development, but not a verified commitment by the whole organization to the October 13 action. Santa Cruz civic leaders separately scheduled an evaluation of the government’s response before deciding their next steps ([October 9 leadership positions](https://www.vision360.bo/noticias/2026/10/09/71727-csutcb-convoca-a-ampliado-en-el-alto-y-marca-distancia-de-las-movilizaciones-evistas); [October 10 assembly outcome](https://eju.tv/2026/10/ampliado-de-la-csutcb-rechaza-el-incremento-del-precio-del-diesel-y-llama-a-la-unidad-de-los-sectores/); [Santa Cruz response](https://eldeber.com.bo/santa-cruz/civicos-crucenos-evaluara-este-martes-13-informe-gobierno-definira-proximos-pasos_1791661760)). I read this as a credible widening of policy opposition, not yet a united succession coalition.

Political weakness is real. An August 21 account counted only six of the original fifteen ministers still in their posts; that is an August cabinet snapshot, not an October census. The PDC’s national leadership announced a break with Paz on September 9. Former Presidency Minister José Luis Lupo declined the OAS ambassadorship on October 6, saying conditions had changed. His withdrawal is a more costly signal than routine criticism, although it does not establish participation in a removal campaign ([AP cabinet account](https://apnews.com/article/fba61c2e7879a51000c7ad8230bda4a6); [PDC announcement](https://brujuladigital.net/politica/2026/09/09/pdc-rompe-con-paz-por-corrupcion-e-inaccion-y-dice-que-todo-tiene-un-limite-66162); [Lupo’s decision](https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-dimite-embajador-bolivia-oea-exministro-presidencia-jose-luis-lupo-20261006212849.html)).

Those losses have not eliminated working institutional support. Legislators extended emergency powers on September 17 with 100 votes in favor and 58 against or abstaining, and approved the IMF agreement. More decisively, October 10 reporting describes nine jointly staffed police–military control points around entrances to La Paz. That is evidence of operational cooperation, not merely a declaration of loyalty. It does not guarantee cohesion during a larger or bloodier confrontation ([emergency vote](https://elpais.com/america/2026-09-17/paz-extiende-el-estado-de-excepcion-por-otros-90-dias-en-bolivia-para-evitar-nuevas-protestas.html); [financing approval](https://apnews.com/article/d5ac4a2558132559e1d544807b89d528); [October 10 deployment report](https://eldeber.com.bo/pais/policias-militares-mantienen-control-carreteras-tres-dias-anunciada-marcha-evista_1791676322)).

External financing reduces immediate liquidity risk without removing adjustment costs. The government reported approval on October 2 of a roughly US$1.9 billion, 36-month IMF program. The central bank confirmed receipt on October 6 of US$211.3 million, equivalent to SDR156.1 million, for balance-of-payments support and reserves. I count the received tranche, not the entire program envelope, as available financing. The IMF’s October 7 report still describes an economy in its third year of recession ([approval announcement](https://media.economiayfinanzas.gob.bo/index.php/node/23401); [central-bank confirmation](https://abi.bo/bcb-confirma-primer-desembolso-del-fmi-por-us-2113-millones/); [IMF report](https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2026/259/002.2026.issue-259-en.xml)). The latest official CPI release, published October 5, records September inflation of 0.85% month-on-month, 3.88% accumulated from January through September, and 5.70% over twelve months. These are distinct comparison windows; September cannot capture all subsequent diesel-cost transmission ([INE release](https://www.ine.gob.bo/index.php/el-indice-de-precios-al-consumidor-en-bolivia-presento-una-variacion-positiva-de-085-en-septiembre-de-2026/)).

Public opinion supplies little protection, but also no popular successor. The September Ipsos CIESMORI snapshot reported Paz’s approval at 21% and disapproval at 61%; Lara’s corresponding figures were 11% and 74%. Fieldwork ran September 18–28 among 400 internet-connected adults in La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. The presidential results were published October 3. This urban online sample is not nationally representative, and selection bias exceeds what a reference sampling margin can describe ([pollster’s release](https://www.ipsosciesmori.com/direccion-del-pais-evaluacion-de-autoridades-y-lideres-de-oposicion-septiembre-2026/); [sample description](https://brujuladigital.net/politica/2026/10/04/encuesta-se-mantiene-en-21-el-respaldo-al-presidente-paz-67271)). The same polling program found 53% support versus 40% opposition to extending emergency powers. These are related survey results, not independent polls ([October 7 release](https://www.ipsosciesmori.com/ampliacion-del-estado-de-excepcion/)).

Ordinary recall is unavailable within this horizon: the Constitution requires completion of at least half the presidential term. Criminal removal requires substantial institutional steps, including legislative authorization by two-thirds of members present and a final conviction. Cabinet losses and ministerial censure do not themselves remove the president ([Constitution, Articles 168, 170, 184 and 240](https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Bolivia_2009)). Resignation under overwhelming pressure or coercive replacement remains the more credible short-horizon route.

I translate these findings into three mutually exclusive trajectories for the remaining period. The weights and conditional probabilities are my judgments, not fitted historical frequencies. Political resignation, coup and legally effective political removal are included within each branch.

| Trajectory through the deadline | Scenario probability | Conditional political survival |
|---|---:|---:|
| Protests remain fragmented, contained or settled through concessions | 55.0% | 98% |
| Sustained, damaging unrest, but core institutions largely hold | 32.0% | 86% |
| Acute crisis with substantial elite or security fractures | 13% | 45.0% |

Containment receives the largest weight because bargaining, legislative cooperation and security deployment remain observable. The other branches retain substantial weight because the fuel shock can connect otherwise separate constituencies. I then apply conditional factors for exceptional nonpolitical departure and qualifying interim succession or an adverse authoritative finding about past continuity:

$$
P(\mathrm{YES})=(0.55\times0.98+0.32\times0.86+0.13\times0.45)\times0.997\times0.985.
$$

The weighted political-survival term is 0.8727. The final two factors are conservative allowances, not measured medical risks or verified transfers. Applying them produces the reported forecast. Its decimal precision makes the arithmetic reproducible; it does not make the underlying political judgments equally precise.

## What's non-obvious

**Current incumbency does not settle continuity.** Lara declared himself interim president on September 21 during Paz’s foreign trip. Some judicial officials subsequently recognized Senate President Diego Ávila as interim president, while Ávila rejected the premise that he had assumed office and recognized Paz’s continuing exercise of authority. Paz chaired a virtual cabinet meeting on September 22. This is a contested succession claim, not a demonstrated institutionally effective replacement ([Lara’s declaration](https://www.vision360.bo/noticias/2026/09/21/68686-vicepresidente-lara-se-declara-presidente-interino-ante-el-viaje-del-mandatario-a-eeuu); [conflicting official positions](https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2026/09/24/crece-la-polemica-por-la-sucesion-constitucional-en-bolivia-tras-la-ausencia-de-rodrigo-paz-y-lara/); [Ávila’s denial](https://eju.tv/2026/09/avila-a-lara-el-presidente-en-ejercicio-sigue-siendo-rodrigo-paz-no-son-temas-que-una-persona-puede-decidir/); [cabinet meeting](https://www.vision360.bo/noticias/2026/09/22/68866-desde-eeuu-paz-ejerce-la-presidencia-y-dirige-una-reunion-de-gabinete-virtual)). The remote-governance provision survived replacement of the earlier decree: Article 22 of DS5675 retains it. That does not settle its constitutional validity ([decree text](https://bolivia.infoleyes.com/norma/8698/organizacio-n-del-o-rgano-ejecutivo-5675)). I therefore do not treat the question as already NO, but retain a separate continuity allowance.

The other missed distinction is between opposition to Paz and agreement on replacing him. One evista organizer explicitly demanded that both the president and vice president leave. That complicates the idea that every protest automatically strengthens Lara as an accepted successor ([organizer’s statements](https://www.bolivia.com/actualidad/nacionales/evistas-ratifican-marcha-hacia-la-paz-para-sacar-a-rodrigo-paz-606278)). My inference is that shared economic anger can produce a large mobilization before it produces an elite agreement on who should govern. The latter matters more for removal.

## Uncertainties

The largest unknown is whether announced mobilization becomes sustained cross-sector action and then changes security-force behavior. I could verify deployment, but not internal cohesion under severe confrontation. Signed national labor resolutions, documented federation participation and identifiable refusals of orders would close that gap. The historical warning is concrete: Morales’s departure followed police noncompliance, ministerial exits and demands from unions and military leaders—not protests alone ([CRS account](https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IN/PDF/IN11198/IN11198.5.pdf)).

The legal gap is separate. September 24 reporting said the challenge to the earlier remote-governance decree remained unresolved; I did not retrieve a later binding ruling that determines presidential occupancy during the disputed episode. That is incomplete verification, not proof that no ruling exists ([September 24 procedural account](https://eju.tv/2026/09/ernesto-justiniano-norma-que-permite-a-paz-gobernar-desde-el-exterior-se-presume-constitucional-mientras-el-tcp-no-se-pronuncie/)). A ruling’s retrospective effect, and whether it establishes actual succession rather than merely invalidating remote exercise, would matter under the client’s rules.

The scenario probabilities carry substantial uncertainty. Changing only the acute-crisis weight from 8% to 23%, transferring weight to or from containment, moves YES from about 88% to 80%. A wider judgmental range of roughly 75%–93% allows for uncertainty in conditional survival as well. This is an assumption range, not a statistically validated confidence interval.

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## Question Details

This question asks whether Rodrigo Paz Pereira will continue to hold the office of President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia without interruption through the end of calendar year 2026. Rodrigo Paz Pereira assumed the presidency on 8 November 2025 after winning the 2025 presidential election and is the incumbent president as of June 2026. Recent reporting has described significant political and social unrest, including nationwide protests, road blockades, cabinet resignations, and public calls for his resignation during 2026. (presidencia.gob.bo) (elpais.com) The forecasting period runs from the time the question is asked until 31 December 2026. The question concerns whether Paz remains president continuously through that date.

### Resolution Criteria

Resolve YES if Rodrigo Paz Pereira is still serving as President of Bolivia at 23:59 local time in Bolivia on 31 December 2026 and has not permanently left the office before that moment. Resolve NO if, at any time before that moment, he ceases to be President of Bolivia due to resignation, removal, impeachment, death, incapacity, judicial or constitutional action, military coup, succession, replacement by an acting or permanent president, or any other loss of the presidency. Resolution will be based on official Bolivian government announcements and records. If those are unclear or unavailable, major international news organizations and widely recognized reference sources documenting the officeholder of the Bolivian presidency may be used.

### Fine Print

Temporary foreign travel, medical leave, or short-term delegation of powers does not count as leaving office if Rodrigo Paz Pereira legally remains President. If constitutional succession transfers the presidency to another person, even on an interim basis, before the end of 31 December 2026, the question resolves NO. If he leaves office and later returns before the end of 2026, the question still resolves NO because he did not remain in power continuously through the period. If reliable information sufficient to determine the officeholder is unavailable on the resolution check date, resolution may be delayed until the facts can be established.