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Ex-Bolivian President Faces Genocide Charge

HeadlineFeb 22, 2005

This new from Bolivia: the country’s former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and his ousted cabinet have been formally charged with genocide. In 2003 de Lozada’s government was toppled after between 60 and 80 persons died protesting his free-market economic policies. One of his most controversial plans called for the shipment of Bolivian gas to the United States via a five billion-dollar pipeline through Bolivia’s archrival, Chile.

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