Corralling the gas--and democracy; Bolivia.(Bolivia in turmoil)
Economist (US), The, June, 2005
As the president is driven out, warning of "civil war", the politicians and social movements remain on a collision course
CARLOS MESA is a good man who was not up to an impossible job. A former television presenter and Bolivia's vice-president, he stepped up to the top job in October 2003 after troops and police killed some 50 protesters, forcing his predecessor to quit. Crippling roadblocks and demonstrations have plagued his presidency. This week they culminated in a near-siege of La Paz, the seat of government, by tens of thousands of impoverished farmers, miners and workers. Mr Mesa's proudest boast is that no one has died in 19 months of turmoil. Yet he utterly failed to resolve the conflicts that give rise to it. Earlier this year, he twice offered to...
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