"Troops Deployed In Move to Block Foreign Influence" Oh goody.
On 5/2/06, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Bolivian President Seizes Gas Industry > Troops Deployed In Move to Block Foreign Influence > > By Monte Reel and Steven Mufson > Washington Post Foreign Service > Tuesday, May 2, 2006; Page A01 > > CARACAS, Venezuela, May 1 -- Bolivian President Evo Morales seized > control of the country's natural gas industry Monday, sending soldiers > to occupy fields that he contends private companies have plundered for > years. > > Morales said that unless foreign energy firms agreed to give Bolivia's > state oil company oversight of production and a majority of their > revenue generated in Bolivia, the government would evict them from the > fields. > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/01/AR2006050100583.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206063 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
