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March 19, 2010

Why Chavez's Petrostate Is Doomed

Daniel Freifeld, Foreign Policy

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Hugo Chavez's plan is not quite working out as he hoped -- indeed, he has discovered it takes more than handshakes and public displays to get oil out of the ground and onto the market.

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