The Russian participation to the political adventure of Chavez has been like a flash in the night.

Even Putin is now tressing out that the naval base is not necessary ,adding the fact that the naval exercises were shortened to one day, it shows how fast the the Ruskies joint venturing has lasted ,unless it is extremely profitable for them with big numbers .

Oil ,gas looks like o.k. ,forget gold, it is to long to get started ,to slow to mine , to expensive to produce and not enough financial return in the short run.

So now you can see how safe Las Cristinas is from their grasp.

oiramoric