Bolivia nationalization further sidelines US
By nationalizing Bolivia’s energy industry, President Evo Morales lived up to a pledge to be Washington’s nightmare and highlighted waning U.S. influence in Latin America. Last week’s action from the leftist, whose allies are U.S. adversaries Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban leader Fidel Castro, was another step in the region’s retreat from U.S.-prescribed free-market economics. Full Story