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| Oil and Gas Production Disrupted in Ecuador |
| 2005-08-19 |
| Suspect translation from Spanish by me. The president of Ecuador, Afredo Palacio, declared a state of emergency in two oil-rich provinces paralyzed for four days by a general strike. The popular protests in the Amazonian provinces of Orellana and Sucumbios have provoked the collapse of petroleum production, as much from the state-owned Petroecuador as from private firms. According to the news agency Reuters, a spokesman of Petroecuador confirmed the production of the company fell to 29,400 barrels daily from 201,000 barrels produced before the strike. |
| Posted by:11A5S |
| #8 Chavez may have planned this during his visit with Arlen Specter |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-19 21:53 |
| #7 11A5S-Ecuador is an inconvienience for Hugo Chavez. Happy Hugo is feeding his |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-19 19:26 |
| #6 Sorry. According to the Beeb, the locals say that the central government is taking all the swag and that there isn't any left over for building infrastructure and creating jobs. I just looked at some Ecuadorean papers and there seems to be a lot of confusion. No one is really saying what the political affiliation of the protesters is. 95% of the two provinces live in poverty and they are mostly Indian and Mestizo. My guess would be that the revolt is "Bolivarian," i.e. Hugo and Fidel have a hand in it. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2005-08-19 15:08 |
| #5 what are they striking about? |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-08-19 14:13 |
| #4 I guess gas will be going up. Count on it. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-19 11:12 |
| #3 I guess gas will be going up. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-08-19 06:30 |
| #2 Is the Pope Catholic? |
| Posted by: leader of the pack 2005-08-19 05:34 |
| #1 Does Chavez have his fingers in this pie? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-08-19 02:03 |