Looks like Hugo may be rethinking his alienating more foreign investment. I'm not sure he would be doing that and asking for more investment from others.

These are strange times we are living through.

Here is the link is to the whole story. I'm breaking it into three sections so it will arrive without being chopped off. You need to reassemble.

Chávez Reopens Oil Bids to West as Prices Plunge
By SIMON ROMERO
The shift shows how the global financial crisis is
hampering Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's ideological
agenda and making him more pragmatic as he seeks to bolster
his country's stream of income.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/

world/americas/15venez.html

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