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Trinidad and Tobago is endorsing the election of conservative leader Rodrigo Paz Pereira as the new president of Bolivia, in a joint statement with the United States and six Latin American countries.

TT was mentioned on October 21 in a US State Department media release titled, Joint Statement on the Bolivia Election.

The US statement said, "The following statement was released by the governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States of America. The undersigned countries congratulate President-elect Rodrigo Paz Pereira on his election as President of Bolivia."