The opposition says this election isn't clean. It's the cleanest in Venezuela's history, but they have interests opposed to the National Electoral Council,
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An Ortega victory in November would leave Latin America with a third U.S. antagonist in the region, along with Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. It would raise the morale of Latin America, ... Other countries will say, 'Look, that small country got away with it. So can we' We will spread the revolution.
Meanwhile Chavez is picking fights with foreign oil companies including Shell, ExxonMobil, Repsol YPF, Chevron, BP, and Total that have been working in Venezuela for years. Thirty-two publicly traded oil companies are accused of owing Venezuela 4 billion in back taxes for overproduction something they deny. This follows Venezuela's hikes in production royalties from 1 to 16.7 in October, hikes in taxes on operating agreements from 32 to 50 in April, and a declared end to contracted dollar payments to foreign oil field operators in May. The desire to operate in Venezuela, ... is fading fast.
Continuing sharp improvements in Venezuela's external and debt indicators motivated the upgrade. High oil prices have generated large current account surpluses for the country, which in turn has boosted the external assets of the public sector.
I'm very happy at the appointment, and now we have to put together a team that puts Venezuela's name high up there. But I think in Venezuela there are enough quality players to win the title. I hope the best are available.
This sale is in line with Venezuela's efforts to modernize many of branches in its armed forces. Many of these purchases are designed to move away from equipment that was almost uniquely sourced to the U. S.