Bolivia gets new leader after bloody protests
Saturday, October 18, 2003
LA PAZ, Bolivia -- Carlos Mesa was sworn as Bolivia's new president late Friday, hours after his predecessor was forced out by weeks of bloody street protests set off by a plan to export natural gas to the United States.
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