FILE PHOTO OF BOLIVIAN WOMAN WALKS NEAR SOLDIERS IN LA PAZ, 2003-02-13 (photo)

File photo of a Bolivian woman walking past soldiers on patrol in downtown La Paz during a protest on February 13, 2003. One year ago, protests against new government taxes, known as the "black february" period in which some 31 people died, led to the downfall of former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. New President Carlos Mesa, who replazed Sanchez de Lozada last October, announced this week a series of financial decrees, measures aimed at protecting the poor from further tax increases, and to squeez the more priveleged segment of the population. REUTERS/David Mercado/FILE MB