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Article: BOLIVIA: PROTESTS AGAINST CHILEAN PORT FOR NATURAL-GAS EXPORTS TURN VIOLENT.
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- NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs
- Article date:
- September 26, 2003
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Protests have once again convulsed Bolivia, this time against government plans to export liquified natural gas (LNG) to the US, possibly through a port in Chile. The protests turned violent when a confrontation between campesinos and security forces resulted in seven deaths.
The protests began Sept. 16 with a series of strikes and roadblocks across the country to show opposition to the government plans to export LNG. The protesters blocked major roads linking the capital, La Paz, with other towns in Bolivia and also with neighboring Chile and Peru.
Bolivia has 1.5 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, the largest natural-gas reserve in Latin America. ...