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...Afonso soares was supposed to be one of East Timor's bright hopes. The 22-year-old son of a vegetable vendor from the eastern town of Baucau had done well enough in school to earn a place at Dili's Universidade da Paz in 2002, the same year his homeland gained independence. Soares chose to study law, believing that a strong legal system was a key institution for the young nation. But all that changed last April, when the army revolt ignited clashes between Dili residents from the country's east and west. "Before the crisis, east was where...
Although Washington has recently 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...
...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...
...there is no guarantee that Morales will be treated like a conquering hero for very long. "Recuperation" originally meant kicking out the foreign companies, in the view of residents of El Alto, the highland impoverished city neighboring La Paz and the center of the "Gas Wars," the 2003 and 2005 protests calling for nationalization that forced out two presidents. Since Morales' plan seems more practical, they offer their support - but only if there is something to show for it, and soon...
...first hit album, 1995's El Dorado, proved that they were more than just a local conversation piece. In fact, at the time, the album turned them into the biggest-selling rock band to come out of Colombia. Their 1997 follow-up, the more polished La Pipa de la Paz, cemented this reputation and earned them rave reviews in the U.S. as well...