SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- In a bid to regain political footing amid a growing autonomy movement by Bolivia's richest states, Bolivian President Evo Morales ordered the nationalization Monday of a natural-gas pipeline operator half-owned by Royal Dutch Shell PLC and a U.S. investment fund.
Evo Morales
Morales Takes Step Against Operation Part-Held by Shell
Bolivia Seizes Transredes Gas Pipeline From Shell
Shell, Europe's largest oil producer, can't comment on the takeover until it has a chance to review and assess the action, said Eurwen Thomas, a spokesman in London for the company.