It's official -- Bolivia's president resigns

["Jose G. Perez" <jg_perez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Bolivian president resigns - Congress official
    LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivia's President
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada formally resigned in a letter to
Congress Friday after a deadly popular revolt against his
free market economic policies.
    "I put my resignation before the consideration of the
beloved Congress," Sanchez de Lozada said in the letter read
aloud to Congress by an official as government opponents
heckled, screaming "murderer."
    Congress accepted the resignation in a vote.
    Constitutionally, the president's resignation would be
followed by the appointment of Vice President Carlos Mesa, a
respected journalist who is not a member of a major party. He
would then serve out Lozada's term, due to end in 2007.

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   URGENTE Sanchez de Lozada formally resigns as Bolivian 
president
   
   LA PAZ, Oct 17 (AFP) - Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada formally 
resigned as president of Bolivia late Friday, after a month of 
street protests, in a letter to the Congress which convened to 
confirm his successor.

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Don't miss the pic on the home page of CNN en Español, with a protester
spray-painting, "Goni, you either go or we'll kill you."



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