 Kurwisana kukuru nokuramwa mabasa kwakatangazve apo Sánchez de Lozada akakarakadza kutumira gasi kuburikidza neChile. Ikoku kwakaguma negakava regasi, uko vanhu vakawanda vakaurayiwa mukurwisana nemauto. Mapato akatanga kubvisa rutsigiro rwawo mubatanidzwa wehurumende, uye Goni akamanikidzwa kusiya basa uye kusiya nyika musi wa18 Gumiguru 2003. Goni akatsiviwa neMutevedzeri wake, Carlos Mesa. Paaiva mutungamiri, Mesa akachengeta zvaakanga avimbisa paakasvika pachigaro, achigadza hurumende yainyanya kuumbwa nevanhu vakazvimiririra, achiratidza kunzwira tsitsi vagari vemunyika iyi, uye achidzima mutemo wa1997 waipa kodzero dzegasi kuvanhu vaibudisa gasi racho. Mesa yakanga iriwo mukuvandudza sarudzo, ichibvumira kutora chikamu kukuru kwevanhu musarudzo, pamwe nezvirongwa zvegungano rinogadza kuti riongorore kugadzira bumbiro idzva. Kunyange zvazvo kuchinja uku kwakadzvinyirira mhirizhonga kwenguva pfupi, muna 2005 kuratidzira kwakatangazve uye Mesa akamanikidzwa kusiya basa. Muna 2005, mukwikwidzi wepopulist Evo Morales akasarudzwa kuva purezidhendi. 