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  • Bolivia Will Fulfill Gas Export Contracts With Brazil, Argentina 2011/05/19

    BOLIVIA, 2011/05/20 SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - Despite rising demand for natural gas during the Southern Hemisphere winter, Bolivia is prepared to meet all its export commitments to neighboring Brazil and Argentina, Carlos Villegas, the president of the country's state oil and gas company YPFB, said Thursday. Argentina and Brazil have frequently complained about insufficient natural gas supplies coming from Bolivia, which has struggled to ramp up production since nationalizing the hydrocarbons industry in 2006.