On April 3, 2018 a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA) made history: in a landmark decision it found former Bolivian president Sánchez de Lozada and his minister of defense José Carlos Sánchez Berzain responsible for dozens of extrajudicial killings carried out by the Bolivian military during a period of social unrest known as the Gas War in 2003. This trial marked the first time in history a former head of state had to face his accusers in a U.S. court. Weiterlesen…