Weekly Report - 08 November 2018 (WR-18-44)

BOLIVIA | New biofuel to improve energy security. On 1 November the Bolivian government began selling a petrol fuel mixed with a new locally produced bioethanol known as ‘Súper Bioetanol 92’ in the domestic market. At a public event in the eastern department of Santa Cruz, President Evo Morales said that the initiative constituted an important step in strengthening the national economy, improving energy security and sovereignty, and reducing reliance on imports used to process fuel.

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