Chavez Promises to Link Pipeline to Argentina
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From Times Wire Reports
President Hugo Chavez pledged to help build a natural gas pipeline stretching from Venezuela to Argentina during talks with Argentine leader Nestor Kirchner.
Venezuela has proposed a network of pipelines to carry its natural gas to South American markets and eventually tap into supplies in Bolivia, the continent’s second-largest source after Venezuela.
Chavez said after the meeting that he was certain Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia would participate in the estimated $10-billion project to guarantee energy to the entire continent.
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