ANNOUNCEMENT 23 Jan 2009
In January 2009, the government of Bolivia announced altered domestic business conditions for foreign investors.NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS
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SOURCE
La Nacion (2009) Evo Morales estatiza una petrolera que posee participaci?n argentina. Available from:
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1092768-evo-morales-estatiza-una-petrolera-que-posee-participacion-argentina.
Bolivia: Decreto Supremo N? 29888, 23 de enero de 2009 (In Spanish) http://www.lexivox.org/norms/BO-DS-29888.xhtml.
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On 23 January 2009, the government of Bolivia announced its decision to expropriate Chaco Petroleum. Chaco Petroleum before the expropriation was owned 49% by Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (the state-owned oil and gas company of Bolivia), and 51% by the Argentinian company Pan American Energy.
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