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Bolivia Military Told to Occupy Gas Fields
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| Last Edited | RP May 01, 2006 07:15pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Monday, May 1, 2006 10:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Evo Morales ordered soldiers to occupy Bolivia's natural gas fields Monday and threatened to evict foreign companies unless they give Bolivia control over the entire chain of production.
Morales said soldiers and engineers with Bolivia's state-owned oil company would be sent "immediately" to installations and gas fields tapped by foreign petroleum companies _ including Britain's BG Group PLC and BP PLC, Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Spanish-Argentine Repsol YPF SA and U.S.-based Exxon Mobil Corp.
Morales, a leftist allied with Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in seeking to blunt U.S. and outside influence in the region, had pledged to exert greater state control over the industry since he won the presidency in December, becoming Bolivia's first Indian president.
The companies have six months to agree to new contracts, or must leave Bolivia, he said. |
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