Leftists Lighting a Fire in South America
Hey President Morales, you just came back from a summit with Americas arch enemies, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez … what are you going to do now?
That question was quickly answered Monday by President Evo Morales when he nationalized Bolivias national gas industry. The announcement came just two days after he signed an alternative trade pact with Cuba and Venezuela, and the bold move is sure to anger both President Bush and private energy companies that do business in the Andean nation.
Morales immediately ordered soldiers to occupy Bolivias gas fields, and he told energy companies operating in the country that they have six months to hand over majority control of their holdings to his government.
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