August 26, 2006

Chad kicks out Chevron and Petronas

Oil, Africa — aj @ 2:00 pm

Sounds like another page of the kick-out-the-multinationals-when-commodity-prices-rise trend.

“Talking on state-run radio on Saturday, Idriss Derby, the president of Chad, asked both the companies to leave the country for refusing to pay taxes: ‘Chad has decided that as of tomorrow (Sunday) Chevron and Petronas must leave Chad because they have refused to pay their taxes.’”

Via AlJazeera

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