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Dr. Dionisio Foianini, son of an Italian father and a Bolivian mother, grew up in central Bolivia not far from most of Standard Oil's Bolivian fields. After studying pharmacy in Italy, where he came to admire Benito Mussolini's fascism,〔(The Other Americas ), Newsweek, volume 14, 1939〕 Foianini returned to Bolivia before the Chaco War broke out and was put in charge of munitions manufacture. During the war, he went on a secret mission to Argentina and organized Bolivian espionage behind Paraguayan lines. When the war ended, Foianini organized the nationalization of the Standard Oil fields and set up a State Petroleum Board.〔(http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761349,00.html BOLIVIA: Barter ), TIME, 22 May 1939〕 After Germán Busch organized a coup in 1937, Foianini became Minister of Mines and Petroleum in Busch's Cabinet.〔(http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761219-1,00.html BOLIVIA: Busch Putsch ), TIME, 8 May 1939〕 As of 1995, Foianini was still alive, in the town of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.〔Helmut Waszkis, (http://books.google.com/books?id=uqFFAAAAYAAJ Dr. Moritz (Don Mauricio) Hochschild, 1881-1965: the man and his companies: a German Jewish mining entrepreneur in South America ), 2001, ISBN 3-89354-164-0, page 112〕 The area called Dionisio Foianini Triangle on the border with Paraguay and Brazil is named after him. Puerto Busch, which is named after Germán Busch, is located in the triangle. == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dionisio Foianini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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