Word: bolivian
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...retired Bolivian general who witnessed the secret burial of Marxist revolutionary and '60s icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara revealed for the first time where the guerrilla leader is buried. General Mario Vargas Salinas told a journalist that Guevara's body was interred by bulldozer, along with those of five other executed guerrillas, under an airstrip at Vallegrande, a Bolivian mountain town 150 miles southwest of Santa Cruz, shortly after Guevara's summary execution by firing squad on Oct. 9, 1967. His final words, according to the general: "Shoot, coward! You are going to kill...
...Winfrey gave the greeting "Hello, world," followed by four songs about love and stuff from Diana Ross, then a peacockish revue of the 24 countries competing in the 52 matches being held in America, then a splendidly brief welcome by Bill Clinton, who joined German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in conditioned, shady air to watch the match. The rest of us rose on sweaty feet to three national anthems. Then, action...
...61st minute, Jurgen Klinsmann, a star scorer for the Germans, earned his pay by acquiring a point while the Bolivian goaltender, Carlos Trucco, was engaged in picking himself up off the ground. German enthusiasts chanted, whooped and sang, while Bolivian hearts sank along with mine. The game ended orderly and soberly 29 minutes later. There was nothing rowdy or untoward about the crowd at any time, despite the sport's reputation for passion that leaves bruises. People just got up and walked out. No announcer said anything, not even the final score or that it was time...
...least one year of his five-year larceny sentence back in Utah. He applied for a one-year deferment, claiming this time that he needed to care for his mother, whom he said was dying of leukemia in Switzerland. Evidently, Hogue's fictitious mother had risen from her Bolivian grave only to travel to Europe and contract cancer...
Evidently, Hogue's fictitious mother had risen from her Bolivian grave only to travel to Europe and contract cancer...