“as long as the issue of the sea is the fundamental question”
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Carlos Mesa
Carlos Diego de Mesa Gisbert is a Bolivian historian, journalist, and politician who served as the 63rd president of Bolivia from 2003 to 2005. As an independent politician, he had previously served as the 37th vice president of Bolivia from 2002 to 2003 under Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and was the international spokesman for Bolivia's lawsuit against Chile in the International Court of Justice fro…
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culture · President of Bolivia from 2003 to 2005 · politician · historian · writer · journalist · vice president · literary scholar · also Carlos Mesa, Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert, Carlos Mesa Gisbert, Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert, Carlos de Mesa, Carlos Diego de Mesa Gisbert
Born 12 August 1953 · Q312668
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2026· 2 entries
“broke the continuity of the program, and also limited the topic of the conversation to excessively circumstantial issues”
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2022· 1 entry
Mesa decried the act as "imperialist" and called on the government to release an official condemnation
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2020· 3 entries
Election lost: 2020 presidential election.
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Mesa was the only presidential candidate who expressed a willingness to open a national discussion on issues such as gay marriage, abortion, and marijuana legalization
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Campaign: 2020 presidential election.
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2019· 4 entries
And 2020, the non-profit organization Sachamama, in partnership with leading environmental groups like the WWF, placed Mesa on its list of "The 100 Latinos Most Committed to Climate Action"
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Mesa affirmed that, if asked to return as spokesman for the maritime cause, he "would do it again one, two, five, 100, 200 times more"
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“I have made ... the decision to be a candidate for the presidency of the State. And I do so for a very clear reason, because this is a time of historical inflection, because we are at the beginning, on the threshold of a new time”
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Campaign: 2019 presidential election.
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2017· 1 entry
It was screened at the 13th Inkafest, Peru's mountain film festival in Arequipa
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2014· 1 entry
Despite previous animosity, President Morales appointed him as the international spokesman for the country's maritime lawsuit against Chile before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), a position he held until the fi
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2008· 1 entry
Published Presidencia Sitiada, a memoir of his time as head of state
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2007· 1 entry
The company was sold to businessman Abdallah Daher, who thereafter sold it to Comercializadora Multimedia del Sur
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (2005).
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The city's council unanimously designated Mesa as the adoptive son of the municipality
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2004· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of the Sun of Peru (2004).
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Awarded National Order of Merit (2004).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of San Carlos (2004).
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of the Andes' Condor (2003).
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Career landmark: president of Bolivia (2003–2005).
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2002· 4 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2002).
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Campaign: 2002 general election.
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Career landmark: Vice President of Bolivia (2002–2003).
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By then-president Jorge Quiroga—was unarchived in order to provide a legal framework for the new alterations
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Order of Rio Branco (1998).
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1992· 1 entry
The government of Jaime Paz Zamora closed the State television company in favor of a contract with PAT, ratified by the succeeding government of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1987).
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1986· 1 entry
When President Paz Estenssoro invited him to be a component of his cabinet as minister of information
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1983· 1 entry
As the host of De Cerca, in which he interviewed prominent figures of Bolivian political and cultural life
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1982· 1 entry
Amid the country's democratic transition and the reopening of independent media, González invited Mesa to a panel on one of TVU's programs
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1979· 1 entry
Mesa's meager cinematheque salary pushed him to seek more dedicated journalistic work
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1976· 1 entry
Mesa moved on to Radio Metropolitana, where, together with Roberto Melogno, he produced the morning newscast 25 Minutos en el Mundo
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1974· 2 entries
With the help of Universo head Lorenzo Carri, Mesa became the independent producer and host of a program on Radio Méndez
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Directed the UMSA's Faculty of Humanities magazine
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1970· 1 entry
Traveled abroad to Spain, completing his high school education at the San Estanislao de Kotska School in Madrid
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1969· 1 entry
Concomitantly his first journalistic endeavor
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1953· 2 entries
Born 1953-08-12.
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“s term. Entering the Palacio Quemado, Mesa was met with an executive headquarters entirely devoid of personnel, save for the presence of his family and some friends who came to visit. There, he spoke with Bishop Jesús Juárez, who suggested to him that to guarantee the country”
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