LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivia’s President-elect Rodrigo Paz will be sworn in on Saturday, inheriting an economy in turmoil and facing tricky negotiations in the legislature to pass reforms economists say are needed to stabilize the country’s finances.

Paz, a centrist former senator from the Christian Democratic Party, won the October 19 runoff election. His victory marked a historic shift for Bolivia after nearly two decades of leftist rule under the Movement to Socialism (MAS).

Although Paz’s party is the biggest in the Legislative Assembly, it does not have a majority in either house, so he will need to build alliances. But the new legislature, to be in place until 2030, is dominated by pro-business and right-leaning parties, potentially easing the path for market-friendly policies, analys

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