No worries... Hugo will simply recind Anglo's concessions/permits and award them to Rusuro, their "partner of choice" in Venezuela (gag, gag, puke). Agapov is actually Superman in disguise. He should have no problem mining all this nickle... slag costs, pulleeze... Russia don have no stinking slag problem (say with Italian accent). What's next Hugo... diamonds, kryptonite???????.... I'm sure Rusuro can handle 'em all.

This country is amazing... a bounty of natural resources and a total nutbar calling the shots. Venezuela is walking - no, running backwards. How much more will the people stand for?

The words "death spiral" have been attributed (somewhat rightly so) to Crystallex in the past. Those words are most appropriate to describe the current state of affairs of Venezuela. This whole country is swirling the bowl and Chavez has his thumb on the lever.