Bolivia President Carlos Mesa offered to resign Monday night for the second time since March, again seeking to quell weeks of anti-government protests that have paralyzed La Paz and shaken his government.
The offer followed a day of demonstrations as tens of thousands of Indians, miners and labor members protested in downtown La Paz in their largest anti-government march in weeks.
"This is as far as I can go," Mesa said in a nationally televised address. "It is my decision as president to present my resignation."
Protesters had been calling for Mesa's resignation as well as demanding early elections.
