Hardliner heads up Bolivian energy ministry

If the new president’s choice for energy minister is an indication,

the multinational corporations that in recent years have made a lot of money extracting Bolivia’s natural gas are likely to be stung by the promised “nationalization” of the country’s mineral wealth.
Evo Morales, the socialist sworn in Sunday as Bolivia’s first-ever Indian president, has said his determination to recover state ownership of gas and oil does not mean the foreign companies will be subjected to expropriation or confiscation.
But his choice of journalist, attorney and former leftist Congressman Andr

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