The Best Choice for Bolivia From: The Washington Post | Date: November 13, 2003| Author: Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada | Copyright 2003 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Last month, as mob rule overwhelmed respect for Bolivia's democratic process, I became the latest democratically elected Latin American president to be forced out of office. Now that the riots have abated, Bolivians stand at a crossroads: on the one hand, a path that leads toward democracy, development and peace; on the other, the dead end of populism, protectionism and strife. Which path they choose has profound implications, not only for Bolivia but for all the hemisphere.

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