(Reuters) - Universitario have been awarded a 3-0 victory against Bolivar after Thursday's Bolivian league match was abandoned with the visitors down to six men. "The rules state that the result is 3-0 in favour of the team that is complete (in numbers)," Bolivian league (LNFP) official Felipe Rodriguez was quoted by the daily El Diario as telling reporters on Saturday. ...
A lack of formal charges, a change of judges, a rescinded decision and a stalled legal process have led Jacob Ostreicher to try to call attention to his case.
Bolivia threatened a small payment -- or even no payment -- to Spain's Red Electrica after the leftist government of President Evo Morales nationalized the firm's local power grid.
Spain has warned Bolivia that its nationalization of a Spanish company that owned most of its electricity grid will hurt the Latin American country's image among international investors.
The expropriation of Transportadora de Electricidad, which operates a large part of Bolivia’s national electricity grid, is another abrupt setback for Spanish companies in Latin America.
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia is nationalizing the local unit of Spain's Red Electrica, President Evo Morales said on Tuesday, ratcheting up tension between Spain and South American governments eager to assert control over their energy resources. Argentina last month unveiled a plan to take control of the country's No. 1 oil company, YPF, from majority shareholder Repsol, based in Madrid. Bolivia has already nationalized wide swaths of its oil and gas sector. ...
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