So stupid. Bolivia is already the poorest country in South America. So now he seizes oil fields and pisses off his big neighbor, Brazil, whose state-owned oil company has a big stake in Bolivia, and which is a major customer for Bolivian gas. Total bonehead move brought on by well intentioned but wrongheaded thinking.
I can't wait to see Morales in a few years, wearing expensive watches and suits like Chavez, and still claiming to be a man of the people. Human nature doesn't change. On 5/2/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206075 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
