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Word: capitolã (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2003-2003
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Thirty-three people were killed in a shoot-out with army officers in front of the presidential palace. Fourteen more were killed when a mob of angry demonstrators set fire to a gas station. When 30,000 fervent demonstrators descended on the Bolivian capitol??which, in a stroke of tragic irony, is named La paz (“The peace”)—they came with a list of 72 demands on president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. The first demand was for him to leave office...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Peril in the Andes | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

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