[lbo-talk] Interfax: Venezuela intends to import the bulk of weapons from Russia -ambassador

[Andy F]

On 5/31/06, Steven L. Robinson <srobin21 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> The Venezuelans might well be the driving force IF they have any spare
> production capacity. Evidently the Saudis no longer do, or at least not
> enough to flood the oil markets and drive the price down, a "service" they
> provided so many times before. SR

But if Venezuela is a net importer because of the profressonial
slowdown that Doug mentioned, then...?

Somebody on lbo called that a "factoid", but it sounds like a big deal
if it's true.

-- 
Andy