Economy & Business - September 2003

BOLIVIA: Left tries to topple Goni

Andean Countries 24 April 2007 Modified: 03 October 2003 313 views

The radical left, led by Felipe Quispe, the Altiplano peasants' leader, is trying to topple President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. The government gave Quispe an opening by killing six people in an operation to rescue 800 tourists from Sorata, a town close to Lake Titicaca.  

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