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Bolivian president to quit, fight cancer 

For nearly three decades Hugo Banzer was a dictator and then a perpetual candidate before he was finally elected president of Bolivia. Now he is being forced to give up the reins and turn his efforts toward fighting a spreading cancer. . .

The 75-year-old leader is being treated there, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, for lung cancer that has spread to his liver. . .

Quiroga, 41, has been serving as acting president since Banzer, a heavy smoker, left for the United States nearly a month ago. At the time, Banzer said he was going for spine treatment and would return in 12 days. But doctors diagnosed the cancer and said the president needed special medical treatment for at least a month.

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