Word: gonzalo
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...XELECTED. GONZALO SANCHEZ DE LOZADA, 72, to the presidency of Bolivia; in La Paz. Lozada garnered the most votes in the race, the closest in the nation's history, but fell short of the required majority and was subsequently installed as President by a vote of Congress...
...from Bolivia's central coca-growing region, Morales in the past was often dismissed as a radical relic in the land where Che Guevara died. But today he's strong enough to have made it into this week's presidential runoff vote in the new parliament, facing front runner Gonzalo Sanchez, a former President. More than that, Evo-speak--"The drug war is just a U.S. excuse to control our countries"--resonates beyond Bolivia's borders. Next door in Peru, irate coca farmers have successfully pressured the government to suspend eradication. In Colombia, the coca crop has grown fivefold...
DIED. THOMAS KELLY, 72, engineer who designed NASA's historic, insect-like lunar module that carried astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin to the moon on July 20, 1969; of pulmonary fibrosis; in Cutchogue, N.Y. DIED. GONZALO DURAN, 78, Mexican immigrant whose handcrafted leather shoes softened the steps of many flamenco and folklorico performers; of heart failure; in Los Angeles. Duran, who counted Michael Flatley (Lord of the Dance) among his customers, started his business after a shoe clerk treated him rudely...