Bolivia seizes Swiss tin smelter
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BOLIVIA'S government yesterday seized control of a tin smelter owned by the Swiss-based company Glencore, with Evo Morales, the president, saying no compensation would be paid immediately.
Troops occupied the Vinto complex just before the leftist president arrived to nationalise it.