The World - News from Sept. 29, 1989

Troops were occupying Ecuadorean oil installations in an attempt to end a two-day-old strike by Texaco workers, who are demanding severance pay before the company hands over control of the main pipeline to the state oil company. Texaco and Petroleos de Ecuador (Petroecuador) operate Ecuador’s oil facilities under a consortium arrangement. Texaco is to give control of the main pipeline to Petroecuador on Sunday. Oil executives reported no arrests but said that workers of the Texaco subsidiary still occupy some installations. The move to bring in the troops followed a declaration of a state of emergency by President Rodrigo Borja Cevallos.