President Morales: Costa Rica Business Leaders Interested In Bolivia Gas
President Morales: Costa Rica Business Leaders Interested In Bolivia Gas
LA PAZ, May 12 (BERNAMA- NNN-AGENCIES) -- A group of Costa Rican business leaders want Bolivia to ship $500,000 worth of natural gas annually to the Central American country, says President Evo Morales.
"I had a meeting (Thursday) in Costa Rica. Business leaders were wanting to buy gas from us for Central America at a cost of $500,000 (per year). It will be up to the hydrocarbons minister and the president of (state-owned energy company) YPFB to negotiate that.
"They're begging us," Morales said in a speech in the central Bolivian region of Cochabamba.
Morales returned to Bolivia Friday after attending Thursday's inauguration of new Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis and visiting Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana.
Bolivia has exported natural gas to Brazil and Argentina for years and has sold liquefied petroleum gas to Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay since last September.
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