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...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...
...Once we establish legally that Sanchez de Lozada resides in the U.S.," says Rogelio Mayta, the attorney acting for relatives of 67 Bolivians killed and others gravely wounded during the 2003 protest, "we send the extradition notice and the U.S. is obligated to send him home." Bolivia has an extradition agreement with the U.S., ironically signed by Sanchez de Lozada himself...
...events in question followed mass protests by poor and indigenous Bolivians against Sanchez de Lozada's plan to export natural gas to the United States via Chile. By October 11, 2003, La Paz was suffering from a fuel shortage because of the blockades in the impoverished highland city of El Alto. On that day, Sanchez de Lozada issued Supreme Decree #27209 which sent the military to escort gas trucks to La Paz. The following week, according to witnesses, the military fired indiscriminately and without warning in El Alto neighborhoods...
...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...
...adversely affect my personal life,” Morgan said. Other students complained that the mattresses no longer fit perfectly in the wooden frames. They also said it was easy to fall off them. “They’re half-size,” said Kristen D. Lozada ’07. “I’ve almost fallen off a couple of times already, and I’ve only been here one night.” But some students praised the increased thickness of the new mattresses. “The mattresses are really...