Chavez Bloc Races with Oil Cartel to Grid the Continent
As the left-populist Evo Morales takes office in Bolivia, a clear anti-imperialist bloc is consolidating in South America, led by Venezulea’s Hugo Chavez and also including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and potentially Chile. Days before Morales was inaugurated Jan. 22, Chavez and other regional leaders met in Brasilia to announce ambitious plans for new gas and oil pipelines spanning the continent, linking national markets across vast areas of rainforest and towering mountains.
February 5, 2006
Oil makes U.S. raise military stakes in Colombia
The Iraq war may have knocked Colombia off the front page, but Mideast chaos has made South America’s energy resources more strategic to the United States….Meanwhile, the oil industry has charted a new thrust into the Amazon regions of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia – countries all now receiving U.S. military aid…
November 26, 2004