Jim Shultz describes the scene at a protest in front of the US embassy in La Paz [1] in support of a formal request by the Bolivian government to extradite former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada from the US to stand trial in Bolivia. Bolivian police protecting the embassy resorted to using tear gas to disperse the crowd. Pictures at Indymedia [2].
Bolivia: Tear Gas Used Against Protesters at US Embassy
· Written by David Sasaki
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