Bolivian president offers to quit amid growing protests
La Paz, Bolivia
President offers to quit amid growing protests
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa announced yesterday he would offer his resignation, saying in a televised address that recent protests were "blocking the country."
Mesa took office in October 2003, succeeding President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, who resigned in the wake of bloody street protests that took the lives of at least 56 people.
In February, he shuffled his cabinet after massive street protests calling for regional autonomy and objecting to a planned increase in the price of fuel oil.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002199263_wdig07.html
President offers to quit amid growing protests
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa announced yesterday he would offer his resignation, saying in a televised address that recent protests were "blocking the country."
Mesa took office in October 2003, succeeding President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, who resigned in the wake of bloody street protests that took the lives of at least 56 people.
In February, he shuffled his cabinet after massive street protests calling for regional autonomy and objecting to a planned increase in the price of fuel oil.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002199263_wdig07.html
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