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Protests by Indians cost Bolivia $350k a day in gas sales
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/130321/protests-indians-cost-bolivia-350k-day-gas-salesLa Paz, Mar 21 (EFE).- The protests staged by hundreds of Indians who want to stop construction of a gas plant in eastern Bolivia are costing the Andean nation $350,000 per day, an executive of state-owned oil company YPFB said.
Another $285,000 in costs will accrue for each day that construction is delayed on the plant due to lost production, Mario Salazar, YPFB's national manager of gas liquids plants, said in a statement.
The Guarani Takovo Mora People's Assembly started protesting against YPFB's plant in the eastern province of Santa Cruz on Tuesday.
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The Indians managed to paralyze construction work on the energy facility, which is to be inaugurated by President Evo Morales in May.
