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From: allevett3/9/2006 6:24:32 PM
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00:00 EST Thursday, March 09, 2006 Page B12

Ecuador, South America's fifth-largest oil producer, called a state of emergency for its oil-rich Amazon region for the second time this year as a strike by oil workers slashed output. Army units took control of oil facilities as a preventive measure after the decree was issued late Tuesday, Rigoberto Medina, a spokesman for the government ministry, said in a phone interview from Quito. Ecuador, the U.S.'s 11th-largest oil supplier, called a similar state of emergency last month to stem violent disturbances in the Amazon that disrupted operations and shipments. State oil company PetroEcuador's output has fallen 72 per cent since the strike began yesterday, the company said in a press statement. Bloomberg

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