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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, with finger in the air
Venezuela: Chavez's Risky Move Against the Contratistas
August 26, 2008 1630 GMT
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced that so-called "contratistas," or contractor companies, should be barred from working with state-owned companies.

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