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Rubén Arachín

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Chávez-Uribe: about trade, pipelines, and the border

by Rubén Arachín

Caracas (Venezuela) | 24 November 2004

Venezuela and Colombia seek to “increase their commercial trade, that was very much affected (with a decrease from 2 billion U$ to 600 million) throughout 2002 and 2003 by the coup d’état, the oil sabotage, and a wave of terrorism,” said president Chávez, after his interview in Cartagena with (...)

Iran will manufacture tractors in Venezuela

by Rubén Arachín

Caracas (Venezuela) | 23 September 2004

Iran will subscribe shortly, an agreement on a15 million U$ investment with Venezuela, to build a tractor assembling plant in the region of Guayana; the greatest direct investment made by the Islamic Republic, informed Rafael Sánchez, president of the State owned Venezuelan Corporation of (...)

Venezuela seeks Brazilian support for hydroelectric project

by Rubén Arachín

Caracas (Venezuela) | 16 September 2004

Venezuela is seeking financing from the National Bank for the Social and Economic Development in Brazil (Bndes) -the greatest Brazilian industrial promotion bank- for a hydroelectric project in Tocoma, in the Caroní river; a 2.7 billion U$ investment. This project will be a key factor for the (...)

Bidding processes for eight blocks of the gas project in the Gulf of Venezuela and Falcón

by Rubén Arachín

Caracas (Venezuela) | 18 August 2004

The vice-minister of Energy and Mining, Luis Vierma, informed that his Ministry (MEM) expects to grant the licenses for gas exploration, extraction, and commercialization in the Gulf of Venezuela and Falcón reservoirs this year.

After Iguazú, we can talk about integration

by Rubén Arachín

Caracas (Venezuela) | 29 July 2004

The first week of this month, in the north Argentinean city of Puerto Iguazú, Venezuela became the newest associate of the South American Common Market (Mercosur), a significant step in the purpose of Latin American integration.
“Venezuela joins Mercosur at a moment of deep changes, moving (...)