Couple interesting NYT stories

From the Times, now recovered from the nasty surprise, one general update on the gas situation and another on reaction in Brazil to Lula's apparently soft reaction to nationalisation. Still zero reporting on reaction from Bolivia's social movements, though.

Meanwhile, a bunch of stories likely to come soon about the results of a four-way emergency summit today in Argentina featuring Chavez, Evo, Kirshner and Lula. Chavez has definitely leveraged himself into a regional power-broker now, and seems to be throwing his support behind Bolivia.

I wonder if Spanish socialists who believe in what their party's named after, or other left militants, will pressure their PM Zapatero to respect Bolivia's economic sovereignty and lay off on the threats. As someone pointed out to me today, Aren't 500 years of exploitation enough?