Word: guevaras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with democracy. One of them is Bolivia, a landlocked Andean nation that has somehow managed to survive 188 coups in its 154 years of independence. Five months ago, ending a decade of military rule, Bolivia held presidential elections that alas produced no clear-cut results. Congress then selected Walter Guevara Arze to serve as interim President until another vote could be held next May. Last month Colonel Alberto Natusch Busch, a former commander of the military training school, ousted Guevara in a coup. But Natusch decided to vacate the presidential palace-literally through the back door -after widespread protests against...
...Guevara was elected to the presidency in Bolivia in August as a result of a congressional stalemate...
When he began to institute economic reform, the military forces mobilized and seized the city of La Paz. Guevara explained...
Without support from either the Congress or the military establishment. Guevara was forced to go underground for 15 days until the rebels agreed to negotiate with what was left of his government...
...Those who staged the military coup are in power in the government. If it lasts, we have hope for an election in May, for a new President and for a new Congress. But it is difficult to say what will happen next in Bolivia; anything can happen." Guevara said...