Paz Estenssoro
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Paz Estenssoro, 78, took office last August and imposed austerity measures on an economy paralyzed by a 24,000% inflation rate, widespread labor unrest and a foreign debt of $4.8 billion.
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Paz Estenssoro created the police as his private political militia and as a counterweight to the military.
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On the presidential balcony, to echoing applause, President Victor Paz Estenssoro told Holland that "these are people who, when offered a helping hand, know how to be grateful and affectionate."
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Last year, just after President Victor Paz Estenssoro refused to accept Barrientos as a vice-presidential candidate, an assailant's bullet ricocheted off the U.S. pilot wings on the general's jacket, causing a slight wound.
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An austere orthodox economic program adopted by then President Paz Estenssoro in 1985, however, succeeded in reducing inflation to between 10% and 20% annually since 1987, eventually restarting economic growth.
From The 1992 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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