Deal-- I think you may have missed one of the keys to Vz. bookkeeping. It will keep Hugos plans in the black for the next few years. They just won't pay anyone they don't want to. Who is going to make them ?? Hugo does not think he needs the west at this point. He has already offered to pay someone with his junk bonds, take it or leave it. He is so damn dumb he is even letting his oil wells dry up with a loss of new drilling to cover the full loss.

He knows he has what China and the East want and they DO have cash (ok maybe not Russia) In his mind he is sitting in the catbird seat. His only problem is keeping his poor masses in the dark and full of rice and low cost beer.

What we need at this point is a good"wacker" OF