I guess I will never understand Chavez's policies! And I would say that I am not alone as most, if not all, the world feels the same way. Inflation in VZ is very much a function of his social policy and very much a function of the state of the VZ economy. I find that perhaps, and I say perhaps with a small "p", that with his plans to announce some kind of economic boost, perhaps Mr. Chavez can get some of the people in Las Cristinas employeed at a mine. Just a thought, but I believe there are many positions potentially available from KRY and GRZ alone if the projects can get their respective permits. But for some reason, there are barriers between government agenices that are preventing forward movement here!! This is good not only for us shareholders, but also for the people of VZ and for Mr, Chavez's popularity, so Chavez do the right thing and give both of these projects the green light.

"Chavez plans to announce a package of economic measures to boost growth in coming days - and to name a new finance minister to lead the strategy, Information Minister Andres Izarra said. "