Bolivian Chaco

Bolivia’s Natural Gas Dreams Are Fading

By Franz Chávez
One of the largest natural gas reservoirs in South America is showing signs of decline and the hopeful expectations that emerged in 2006, to turn Bolivia into a regional energy leader, are waning.

Power in Bolivia’s Gas-Rich Chaco Region Thrust into Indigenous Hands

By Rafael Sagarnaga Lopez
Due to the intense political polarisation in the Chaco region, home to Bolivia’s oil and natural gas wealth, three indigenous lawmakers who entered the legislative assembly of the southern department of Tarija as representatives of their people have quickly come to wield decisive power.


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