Carlos Mesa
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"Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert" is a Bolivia/Bolivian historian and former politician. He was Vice President of Bolivia from August 2002 to October 2003 and then became President of Bolivia/President, holding office from October 17, 2003 until his resignation on June 6, 2005. Mesa had previously been a popular television journalist and personality, known by many for his rectitude and impartiality. His widespread recognition prompted the MNR candidate Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada to pick him as running mate in the 2002 Bolivian presidential elections. The winning ticket of Sánchez-Mesa took possession on August 6, 2002. As Vice-President, Mesa was quickly put into a difficult situation when a wave of protests and strike action/strikes shut down Bolivia in a bitter dispute known as the Bolivian Gas War. The demonstrations eventually forced Sánchez de Lozada to resign and leaving Mesa as President of the Republic.

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The issue is a stone in the show.

This is an exhortation for a country that is on the verge of civil war.

This is as far as I can go.

It is a resignation that has one objective and that objective is to let the Bolivian people know that this is genuine.

Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.