Civi,

Although Hugo's demise would be nice for KRY and the Venezuelans (and the rest of the world for that matter), the strength of our ICSID case is strong whether Hugo is dead (fingers crossed), alive (damn), re-elected (likely), or voted out of office (unlikely).

"Either way, I think another term in office will hurt both KRY and Venezuela." If Chavez feels invincible I think he'd be less likely to make a reasonable timely settlement and more likely to drag his heels on payment and drag Venezuela back further into the dark ages."

1. He will never be likely to make a reasonable _______ (fill in the blank).

2. "more likely to drag his heels" - is this even possible?

One more thing...

Go Cards! Albert is the man!!