| "I'm a musician, you know..." said a
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| delighted Condoleezza Rice while
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| strumming the charango - an Andean
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| the U.S. Secretary of State and Evo
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| Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous
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| | her name has a musical origin - con
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| President, in Valparaiso, Chile.The
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| presentation of the guitar no doubt
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| diplomacy trip encompassing Chile,
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