<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Judging from her deft use of language Delcy is a clever and dangerous politician.<div><br></div><div>Barry</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Sep 13, 2017, at 10:26 AM, joe <<a href="mailto:joe@metroretrofurniture.com">joe@metroretrofurniture.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="">Jimmy, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="">Blatant Bullshit. Now the right has decided to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="">Watch this recent Al Jazerra Interview:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=""><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2017/09/delcy-rodriguez-humanitarian-crisis-venezuela-170907060655166.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2017/09/delcy-rodriguez-humanitarian-crisis-venezuela-170907060655166.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="">Joe<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=""> </span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:l-r-converg@googlegroups.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">l-r-converg@googlegroups.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:l-r-converg@googlegroups.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:l-r-converg@googlegroups.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jimmy Dunne<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, September 13, 2017 9:25 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>massoud1; Lee Loe; Discuss Paa<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Elio Cequea; Joe Marcinkowski; L-R Converg<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">August 18, 2017 </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">(Statement by Freedom House Re: Venezuela)</span><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Freight Text Pro Book', serif;">In response to the days-old constitutional assembly announcing that it is taking over all legislative powers of the National Assembly, the country’s parliament, Freedom House issued the following statement:<br> <br>“The illegal grab of legislative powers by the constitutional assembly, a group with no legal standing, is part of President Maduro’s efforts to silence all dissent and shore up a dictatorship," said Carlos Ponce, director of Latin America programs at Freedom House. “The constitutional assembly was created through a fraudulent election and has no legitimate authority to act against congress.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: 'Freight Text Pro Book', serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Venezuela is rated Not Free in </span><span style="font-family: 'Freight Text Pro Book', serif;"><a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2017/venezuela" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(85, 115, 141); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Freedom in the World 2017</span></em></a><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">, and Not Free in </span><a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2017/venezuela" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(85, 115, 141); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Freedom of the Press 2017</span></em></a><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">, and Partly Free in </span><a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2016/venezuela" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(85, 115, 141); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Freedom on the Net 2016</span></em></a><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Freight Text Pro Book', serif;">Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports democratic change, monitors the status of freedom around the world, and advocates for democracy and human rights.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: 'Freight Text Pro Book', serif;">Join us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/freedomhousedc" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(85, 115, 141); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Facebook</span></a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/freedomhousedc" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(85, 115, 141); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Twitter</span></a> (freedomhousedc). Stay up to date with Freedom House’s latest <a href="http://www.freedomhouse.org/news" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(85, 115, 141); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">news and events</span></a> by signing up for our <a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6580/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=2061" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(85, 115, 141); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">newsletter</span></a> and our <a href="http://www.freedomhouse.org/blog" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(85, 115, 141); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">blog.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: 'Freight Text Pro Book', serif;">PS: Saudi Arabia is not a democracy and I condemn their dictatorship. Down with all dictatorships and kings by 2099.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: 'Freight Text Pro Book', serif;">Jimmy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 8:51 AM, massoud1 <<a href="mailto:massoud1@windstream.net" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">massoud1@windstream.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jimmy, if “</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Freedom House sets standards for democracy</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">” then how do you explain the U.S. unconditional support for the Saudi Arabia’s undemocratic and dictatorial regime?</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Please note that I’m talking about the U.S. government (Democratic or Republican administration) actual excellent relationship with Saudi Arabia.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Since you have a very simple outlook of the world, please answer this simple question: If V is bad why SA is good?</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Massoud</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">* You can avoid the answer by saying that Freedom House is an independent entity (!) or they have criticized Saudi Arabia before. However the question is how do you justify the U.S. government double standard to yourself?</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@paa-tx.org" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">discuss-bounces@paa-tx.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jimmy Dunne via Discuss<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, September 12, 2017 10:37 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Elio Cequea<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Joe Marcinkowski; L-R Converg; Discuss Paa<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [PAA-Discuss] [L-R-Converg] Venezuela in dire straights today</span><o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Freedom House sets standards for democracy standards do when Maduro took dictatorial power they no longer qualified as a democracy, Cuba is not a democracy.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div id="m_6250749787151253770AppleMailSignature"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jimmy <br><br>Sent from my iPod<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br>On Sep 12, 2017, at 5:18 PM, Elio Cequea <<a href="mailto:feico57@att.net" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">feico57@att.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div id="m_6250749787151253770yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_32917"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did anybody ask him why Venezuela is not a democracy? He was a consultant for Herique Capriles, a former presidential candidate who has been elected governor twice in one of Venezuela’s largest states. All while under a dictatorship!</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:05 PM, Jimmy Dunne <<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div id="m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780"><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elio,</span><o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is very knowledgeable about Venezuela and is an impressive speaker with good answers for questions. You can email him.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jimmy</span><o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div id="m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780yqt01383"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Elio Cequea <<a href="mailto:feico57@att.net" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">feico57@att.net</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></div><div><div id="m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_4802"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would like to listen to him live and ask him a few questions.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div id="m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_4802"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the 60's, 70's and 80's Venezuela was governed by people with impressive bios. Those were the times, as this guy with impressive bio said, income was badly managed.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div id="m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_4802"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well...</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div id="m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_4802"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regards, </span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div id="m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505252101631_4802"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elio Cequea</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 3:27 PM, Jimmy Dunne <<a href="mailto:jimmydunne80@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">jimmydunne80@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div id="m_6250749787151253770yiv7116897780m_-887586099349489524yiv6657978224"><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoyed talk today by Francisco Monaldi, PhD at Rice U's Baker Institute for Pubic policy. He was born in Venezuela, has an impressive bio and is a lecturer in energy economics at Rice.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">He talked for 45 minutes, followed by Q&A for 15.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took a full page of notes:</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Freedom House says Venezuela is no longer a democracy.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Badly managed income in 1970's. Shell & Exxon were there but V started taking more and more of oil revenue so oil companies stopped investing in V. Exports of oil dropped. Hugo Chavez took power in 1999 and became partners with Fidel Castro.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 4 years, more than 1/3 of V GDP collapsed. Chavez became popular because of high oil prices. </span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">1998-2013 V had slowest growth rate & highest inflation in S. America.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Government debt rose rapidly & poverty increased rapidly.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maduro has only 17.4 percent approval rating in V. </span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oil production has dropped from 3 million barrels per day to one million. Oil rig count dropped from 110 to 70 active rigs.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">V owns Citgo Oil.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">V is still friends with China & Russia.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Send questions or comments to:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:francisco.monaldi@rice.edu" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">francisco.monaldi@rice.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is very knowledgeable about V and spoke without notes.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">He would be an excellent speaker for any serious group.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you think?</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jimmy Dunne </span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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