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Thursday, June 9. 2005

Salsa Time

The president in Bolivia resigns and the President in Brazil holds a meeting about corruption and faces accusations of taking bribes. President Bush speaks at the OAS meeting in Florida and condemns Chavez in not so many words and proclaims that democracy is ahead for Cuba regardless of Castro's intentions to keep the "RED SICKLE" rolling. It's Salsa time in Latin America.
 
 News | canada.com networkLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President Carlos Mesa, his 19-month-old government unraveling amid swelling street protests and a crippling blockade of the Bolivian capital, announced his resignation in a nationally televised address

Lawmakers had hoped to calm tensions in a country where anti-globalization anger runs high. But the tax increase touched off fresh demands for the nationalization of the oil industry and a new constitution giving more clout to Indians, who represent about half the population.

A historian turned politician, Mesa had no political sponsorship when he was thrust into the presidency in October 2003. He succeeded former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, who resigned after street protests over plans to export the country's natural gas reserves left at least 56 people dead

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