Bolivian Candidate Calls For Return of Refineries

Bolivian presidential candidate Evo Morales has called on state-owned Brazilian oil company Petrobras to hand back two refineries it controls in Bolivia. Petrobras bought the refineries — in Cochabamba and Santa Cruz – from state-owned Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Boliviano in 1999 for $100 million. Morales, a left-wing cocalero leader, is currently the favorite to win the upcoming elections on 18 December.