Hopefully it won’t get worse before it gets better. I’ll give my dad and aunt another call this weekend to get their perspective on the situation.
Sanchez de Lozada, a 73-year-old U.S.-educated businessman and one of the wealthiest people in the country, is disliked by millions of Bolivians who see him as a "gringo" out of touch with the needs of South America’s poorest country.
A U.S.-led effort to eradicate coca, the raw material for cocaine, and an unpopular plan to export natural gas sparked the unrest in the landlocked nation of 8 million mainly indigenous people.