Bolivia completes energy control
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Bolivia completes its gas nationalisation plans, giving the government control over foreigner's operations.
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Oil-rich nations brushed off a push by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to cut production, but he used the OPEC meeting to push for expanding the cartel&#039;s membership and praised Bolivia&#039;s nationalization of its natural gas industry.
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Across the low-lying plains in this eastern Bolivia city, green and white flags hang from storefronts and drape from cars &#151; symbols of a growing push for greater political autonomy in the country's most prosperous region.
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British forces formally handed over responsibility for the last region in Iraq under their control.
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Gazprom has spun a web of control over energy supplies extending from Estonia on the Baltic Sea to Bulgaria on the Black Sea.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday to meet senior government officials and executives from Shell following his recent legislation to nationalize the country's oil and gas ...Comment
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Indian and peasant organizations promising better access to health care and education won every major Bolivian city in local elections Sunday, trouncing long-dominant parties in a reshuffling of the political map in South America's poorest country, unofficial results showed.
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Bolivia's leftist president must overcome steep bureaucratic obstacles and fierce political opposition before using his newly won right to seize huge swathes of land held by the country's richest and most powerful families.
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Latin American leaders wrap up a summit in Bolivia with a call for more regional initiatives and integration.
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COCHABAMBA, Bolivia  - Bolivia's president closed a two-day regional summit on Saturday by saying a South American community of nations modeled on the European Union could become a reality in five years.
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The ritual sacrifice of a snow-white llama Friday symbolically marked President Evo Morales' nationalization of Bolivia's lone operating tin smelter.
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Demonstrators seized control of a  natural gas facility in Bolivia on Friday in protest over the  government's nationalization of the energy industry, which they  say has not gone far enough, local radio reported.
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The move completed the first orderly transfer of power in Communist Party history, state media announced.
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The Colombian state finally wins control of the estate of the late Medellin drugs baron, Pablo Escobar.
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Carlos Ruiz led Guatemala to a 1-0 win over Bolivia in an international exhibition at RFK Stadium on Saturday night.
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Chad's president declared himself in control of the country Wednesday, even while acknowledging that three-fourths of his government had disappeared since rebels attacked the capital.
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President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela wrapped up a four-day visit to China on Sunday with agreements that promise to open Venezuela&#39;s oil and natural gas fields to China.