Month long peoples revolt ends as the President of Bolivia steps down

Bolivia's President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada resigned in a letter to Congress following a month long deadly popular revolt in South America's poorest nation in which more than 70 people were killed.

The decision came after tens of thousands of people had marched and blockaded the capital for weeks to reject Sanchez de Lozada's pro-U.S., free-market economic policies.

Hordes of miners, farmers and Indian women had marched to the center of the capital, shouting ''quit, quit'' and exploded dynamite sticks two blocks from a government palace guarded by troops and assault vehicles. Food is scarce in the capital.

The protestors were seen dancing and clapping in the streets and singing the national anthem. Lozada had to step down for having massacred the people, for lying and trying to hang on to power by all means necessary. Now, vigilant and festive in the streets, the Bolivian people are the live expression of a democracy constructed from below.