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...electric guitar popular in the 50s and 60s. With music that fits into neither Western nor Malian categories, Traoré’s varied choice of instruments was fitting. Two guitars and a traditional drum set gave the music a more Western feel, while the n’goni, or African lute, and vocalist Naba Traoré added more traditionally African sounds. The well-traveled daughter of a diplomat, Traoré composes music that reflects her diverse influences. One of the most successful instances of this integration was her rendition of the Billie Holiday song...
...galvanized Morales. He learned his own politics on the streets, leading protests by his fellow coca growers, and he may have been hesitant to use force in light of Bolivia's recent history: In October 2003, 67 people were killed and more than 400 wounded when then-President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada sent the military out against demonstrators disrupting road traffic to protest against a plan to export natural gas to Chile. The violence forced Goni to resign and flee to the U.S., where he remains. Morales has far more political support than Goni, but the memory of military...
...been alarmed by Bolivia's President Evo Morales' close alliance with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and by his moves to nationalize energy reserves, the latest challenge to Washington from La Paz comes from the Bolivian judiciary: Last Thursday, the Bolivian Supreme Court allowed the indictment of former president Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada to face trial over the killing of demonstrators in October 2003. Soon, a request for the apprehension of Sanchez de Lozada will arrive in the U.S., where he has lived since resigning four years ago, and that could pose a dilemma for the Bush Administration...
...Juan Patricio Quispe Mamani, whose brother was killed by the military October 2003. Quispe is president of the Association of Families of the Fallen in Defense of the Gas, an organization formed in honor of the 67 killed in 2003 and who demand the extradition of ex-President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada from the U.S. - where he has lived since he resigned three years ago - so that he stand trial in Bolivia...
...Nationalization has got to be a means to an end," explains Quispe. "We need jobs to be able to put food on our plates, we need gas for Bolivians, and we need justice by bringing Goni to court. If we can get all this, then the government's 'nationalization' will have meant something." If not, then the people of Bolivia will have to endure the bitter sting of yet another broken promise...