Brazil May Face Gas Shortage

Brazil may run short of natural gas within days as political unrest mounts in Bolivia, leaving the industrial heartland of South America’s largest economy without enough energy to run factories and electricity plants. Roadblocks and plant occupations by Bolivia’s indigenous groups may choke gas flows through the Bolivia-Brazil pipeline in a little as six days, according to Nestor Cervero, head of international operations at Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras. The pipeline supplies more than half of Brazil’s gas needs.