In other news from Peru, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has rejected a request to lend over $200 million to build a controversial natural gas pipeline through the Peruvian Amazon. Two companies with close ties to the Bush administration, Halliburton and Hunt Oil, were pushing for the project which had come under intense criticism from environmentalists.
Funding Rejected for Halliburton-connected Peruvian Pipeline
HeadlineAug 29, 2003