Weekly Report - 3 August 2004

BOLIVIA: Mesa announces new oil & gas bill

Andean 03 August 2004 Modified: 03 August 2004 672 views

President Carlos Mesa has decided to take advantage of the momentum created by his 'victory' in the recent referendum on the future of the oil and gas industry [WR-04-28] and steamroll congress into swift approval of his new hydrocarbons law. He has only revealed the broad outline of the bill; details will follow soon, and it is likely that scrutiny will trigger opposition.

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