The Washington Post, May 6th, 2002
Hugo Banzer, 75, the former dictator of Bolivia who later won the nation's top office at the ballot box, died May 5 at his home in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, after a heart attack. He had cancer. He had resigned the presidency in one of Latin America's poorest nations in August. He stepped down under political pressure because of his declining health. The diminutive but imposing political figure whom most Bolivians had come to love or hate received his lung cancer diagnosis in July from doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Although he underwent chemotherapy in Washington, Mr. Banzer decided to...
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