Relatives of the victims of the October, 2003 "Gas War" rest during a
hunger strike in El Alto, some 20 kilometers west of La Paz, Bolivia,
November 18, 2003. Some 100 relatives of the victims of the gas war, in
which Bolivians protested against a proposed pipeline that would
transport natural gas via a Chilean port, are demanding economic
compensation for their dead relatives. REUTERS/David Mercado

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