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To: t4texas who wrote (165742)1/1/2013 8:06:28 AM
From: Dennis Roth2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 206108
 
Bolivian army seizes Spanish energy company Iberdrola SA units
globalpost.com

The Bolivian army occupied the offices of the company after President Evo Morales ordered the nationalization of the company's holdings.

Spain’s Iberdrola Has 4 Units Taken Over by Bolivian State
By Pablo Gonzalez and Manuel Baigorri on December 30, 2012
businessweek.com

“We have been forced to make this decision as we want to have egalitarian electricity rates in rural and urban areas,” Morales said yesterday morning in a broadcast from the presidential palace.

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Another day, another nationalization of foreign investment. Any excuse will do, this time equalizing
electricity rates? Bolivia hasn't had a competent government since the fall of the Inca empire.
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