http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/country/bolivia.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns15611.html http://tobacco.org/news/206651.html Austria, Kiribati, Bolivia and Guyana are not hugely important in the overall scheme of things in motorsport, although Austria's Red Bull company is a useful source of funding for a large number of racers. The four countries have, however, recently signed the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and by doing so have raised the number of countries to have ratified the global ban on tobacco sponsorship to 83, which is just one country short of half of the 168 nations that signed the treaty. Each new signatory adds pressure to the big players who have not yet ratified the treaty, notably the United States of America. grandprix.com Austria Bolivia Guyana Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:00:00 GMT http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020507/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/bolivia_banzer_5 http://tobacco.org/news/92894.html Dictator-turned-democrat Hugo Banzer was buried Monday at a funeral attended by military brass and politicians who praised him as a humble man with an immense love for Bolivia. . . A cigarette smoker, Banzer was diagnosed in July 2001 by doctors in Washington with lung cancer that had spread to his liver. He underwent chemotherapy treatments in Washington. The cancer forced him to resign as president on Aug. 6, 2001, a year before his term ended. In February, doctors announced that the cancer had spread to his brain and throughout his body. AP Bolivia Mon, 06 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-sa/2002/may/05/050500482.html http://tobacco.org/news/92756.html Former President Hugo Banzer, a dictator turned democratically elected leader, died of a heart attack Sunday after a long battle with cancer, television station PAT reported. He was 75. The two-time president will be remembered for eradicating coca, the plant used to make cocaine, in this poor Andean nation. He died surrounded by his family in Santa Cruz, a tropical city in eastern Bolivia where he had been living since his doctor announced in late February that his lung cancer had spread to his brain and throughout his body. . . Banzer, a cigarette smoker, was diagnosed in July by doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington with lung cancer that had spread to his liver. Banzer's cancer had forced him to resign the presidency on Aug. 6, 2001, a year before his term was due to end. AP Bolivia Sun, 05 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.dailyreview-ang.com/S-ASP-Bin/Ref/Index.asp?PUID=142&Indx=1005856 http://tobacco.org/news/71555.html 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. The [Hayward, CA) Daily Review Bolivia Sat, 28 Jul 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010707/wl/bolivia_president_8.html http://tobacco.org/news/70121.html President Hugo Banzer has cancer in his lung and liver, the government's spokesman said Saturday, calling his condition ``grave'' but saying he hadn't yet decided whether to resign as leader of South America's poorest nation. The 75-year-old Banzer, who was democratically elected president four years ago after serving as dictator from 1971-78, is currently undergoing treatment at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. . . Doctors first spotted the tumor during a checkup a month ago in La Paz, some media reports said. Others said doctors detected a small nodule in Banzer's left lung in December 1999. Banzer is a cigarette smoker, smoking up to 30 cigarettes a day, according to sources close to the president. th AP Bolivia Sat, 07 Jul 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010706/wl/bolivia_president_3.html http://tobacco.org/news/70088.html Several Bolivian ministers traveled to Washington Friday amid concerns about the health of President Hugo Banzer, who was hospitalized there with a lung tumor. Bolivia's major newspapers Friday carried stories claiming that the tumor was cancerous, and the Catholic Church's radio station said that ``reliable sources in the government have confirmed the president has widespread, developed cancer.'' But government officials refused to elaborate on the president's condition beyond saying that he has a tumor on his left lung. ``The trip is basically to find out more about what has happened, as well as to update the president on what is going on in Bolivia,'' said Vice Minister of Information Hernan Terrazas. Banzer, 75, is at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, where doctors have called for a stay of at least 30 more days for treatment. AP Bolivia Fri, 06 Jul 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve.cgi?id=DI-CO-20010706-006015.djm http://tobacco.org/news/70076.html Several Bolivian ministers traveled to Washington Friday amid concerns about the health of President Hugo Banzer, who was hospitalized there with a lung tumor. Bolivia's major newspapers Friday carried stories claiming that the tumor was cancerous, and the Catholic Church's radio station said that "reliable sources in the government have confirmed the president has widespread, developed cancer." . . According to local media, the tumor was first suspected during a checkup a month ago in La Paz. Other reports said that doctors detected a small nodule in Banzer's left lung in December of 1999. Banzer is a cigarette smoker. 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