Argentine president
calls meeting on energy
shortage
Argentina's President
Nestor Kirchner on
Thursday summoned
leaders of the nation's
energy companies for
talks over energy
shortage, a government
spokesmen told media on
Thursday.
Officials said although
energy shortages are
being felt, there was no
crisis.
Last week, a cold snap
hit Argentina, forcing
the country to suspend
natural gas exports to
Chile and also halted
supplies of Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG).
Taxi drivers and
truckers have staged
demonstrations against
energy shortages and
refueling queues that
can last up to four
hours.
Kirchner said on
Wednesday that services
would be normalized on
Thursday but things got
worse.
Buenos Aires, Cordoba,
Rosario and Mendoza are
the only cities with
working LNG stations,
and only 300 such
stations are now
operating across the
country.
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