If Chavez really wants to show a change in sentiments and encourage foreign investment a good start would be in respecting mining contracts and concession, a compelling change could mean hundreds of million to billions of dollars in exploration, developing and production investment into Venezuela it will also secure his own greedy grasp on power because of the prosperity it will create in none energy producing region, the only problem is he and his Ministers may be to shortsighted and intellectually deficient to see this, recent lost of support should bring major change to his stand on foreign investment and overall economic policies if he want to take care of his number one priority, which is power and Hugo Chavez