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Bolivia Set to Impose Steep Levy on Foreign Oil Firms

Reese Erlich reports on ongoing controversy in Bolivia over proposed petroleum laws that, if passed, could cost American and other foreign companies drilling for and pumping oil in the South American nation up to 50 percent of their profits.

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