Field Visit: April 22 - May 2, 2003 - In the pipeline corridor, Total has implemented a Socio-Economic Program since 1995...Ongoing "social" components of the program consist of an extensive primary health care system... educational support including constructing schools....Critics of Total allege that the government uses the revenues that Total helps generate for the purchase of military hardware...Remaining silent on the political situation in the country is not perceived as a neutral stance. On the contrary, it is interpreted as support for the status quo.