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October 2009
Olavo de Carvlaho explains Lula and the Sao Paulo Forum
Perhaps you remember that, in November 2005, we were part of a small group of people who were invited to brief former Secretary Tom Shannon, about the political situation in our respective countries. I do remember, very vividly, your warnings about Lula during that particular meeting. With the passing of time, I must say how pleasantly surprised I am with the turn of perception vis-a-vis Hugo Chavez.
Rampant corruption Venezuela style
So a friendly source in Venezuela got privy of a couple of draft documents that set rather interesting conditions, for the purchase, from Philpot Dairy Products Limited, of some 60,000 metric tonnes of powdered milk to PDVAL, a subsidiary of PDVSA.
Hugo Chavez's propagandists in Washington join the unemployed
It's been a long time coming, but it appears that those who have made a killing out of spreading propaganda about Hugo Chavez in Washington DC, have joined the unemployed.