> [...] aside from a modest stock of gold reserves insuring them
> against a very bad global economic climate, Venezuela should
> be sell its remainder in the markets before the bubble pops
> and use the revenues to bolster public education (quality
> needs to be upgraded, badly), health care, arts, sports, science,
> technology, and infrastructure. I may have to swallow my words if the
> U.S., Japan, and the EU get into a prolonged mess and gold stabilizes
> at a high price.
That's why we keep the archives :-)
/jordan