Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) called for the U.S. to strengthen ties with Bolivia after centrist Rodrigo Paz was elected as the country’s next president on Sunday.

Risch and Shaheen are the chair and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

“We congratulate President-elect Rodrigo Paz, the recently elected members of the Bolivian national legislature, and the Bolivian people on their historic election,” the senators wrote in a

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