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Venezuela, Russia Sign Joint Venture to Develop Junin 6 Block
Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) — Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA and the Consorcio Nacional Petrolero SRL, a joint venture of five Russian oil companies, signed an agreement to develop the Junin 6 heavy crude block, the state oil company said in a statement on yada yada continues hereVenezuela gets $2.2B in credit for Russian arms
CARACAS, Venezuela — Russia has opened a $2.2 billion line of credit for Venezuela to purchase weapons including armored vehicles and surface-to-air missiles, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday yada yada continues hereBolivia to buy presidential plane from Russia
LA PAZ, Bolivia — President Evo Morales says Bolivia has decided to buy a presidential plane from Russia after Moscow offered to set up an aircraft maintenance center in the South American nation yada yada continues hereU.S Approves Colombia Aid Despite Rights Concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Reports of extrajudicial killings and domestic wiretapping in Colombia are troubling, but Bogota has made enough progress on human rights to receive the remainder of its 2009 U.S. military aid, the U.S. State Department said yada yada continues here