Bolivia Leader Orders Army to Gas Fields

President Evo Morales ordered soldiers to immediately occupy Bolivia’s natural gas fields Monday and threatened to evict foreign companies unless they sign new contracts within six months giving Bolivia majority control over the entire chain of production.

..Bolivia has South America’s second largest natural gas reserves after Venezuela, and all foreign companies must turn over most production control to Bolivia’s cash-strapped state-owned oil company, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos, Morales said.

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