Spot on, I think:

"...KRY is very careful with their public words. They have to be. When they wrote that the Chinese had “sought” assurances they meant it. But seeking assurances and receiving assurances are two very different things. And if Hugo had actually given his assurances KRY would have said so.

But they didn’t. Because it’s clear he never gave those personal assurances.

So I said in July, and I’m saying now, any assurances given came from ministerial level functionaries who have no real power. If Chavez had given is assurances, as some on this board have claimed, I don’t think KRY would be at 30 cents a share..."