Bolivians

In 1985, some former students sent me a note asking whether I would be ready to come to a meeting with a group of visiting Bolivians.

Bolivians face a polarizing choice in a presidential vote set for Sunday between a leftist coca farmer and a conservative former president.

Although official results have yet to be declared some 40% of Bolivians do not appear to share Mr Morales's socialist dream.

The amnesty sent Bolivians flocking to Iquique, the Chilean port where most of the imports arrive, until car dealers there sold out.

Police took control of towns under an effective curfew, forbidding most Bolivians from leaving their homes and banning the sale of alcohol.

Very little was written by Cochabambinos on the ground, but the conflict was a large topic of discussion by Bolivians living elsewhere.

Most of the victims were Uruguayan, but there were also Chileans, Bolivians, Peruvians and Cubans.

The indigenous Bolivians who cultivate quinoa are among Bolivia's poorest and many lived until the late 20th century by barter.

Prior to the 2005 election he was best-known to Bolivians as a leftist.

Bolivians and Peruvians face some discrimination in Argentina. But there is not yet a backlash against the policy.

NARRATOR: The Bolivians had come to Harvard to take part in a seminar on the hyperinflation that was ravaging their country.