April 21, 2007

Bolivia Tightens the Screws

clipped from sg.biz.yahoo.com

Bolivia cuts gas supplies to Argentina, Brazil amid protests

Bolivian authorities announced Friday a drastic rationing of natural gas supplies to Argentina, and smaller cuts in exports to Brazil after protesters seized control of three gas installations.

Supplies to the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo and Santos will be reduced from 24.6 million cubic meters (869 million cubic feet) a day to 24 million cubic meters (847 million cubic feet,) while exports to the the eastern Brazilian region of Cuiaba, which received 1.2 million cubic meters (42 million cubic feet) a day, will be cut off entirely, the minister said.
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The article goes on to say that this was the result of "protests". It is no secret, however, that the policy of the current Bolivian government is to pressure her neighbors (at Hugo Chavez' insistence) to cough up as much money as possible to fund her socialist revolution.

Posted by Andrew on April 21, 2007 4:24 PM.

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