President Evo Morales warned of an undocumented dark conspiracy last month against him by the natural-gas industry, only days after taking office, and has also called for ``nationalizing'' the foreign-owned operations.

Yet Morales and other senior government officials have welcomed more foreign investment in Bolivia's natural-gas industry and indeed want to use tax dollars generated by increased gas production to finance an ambitious program of new schools, health clinics and natural-gas connections to the homes of poor people.

Duluth News Tribune