Venezuela, Capital of Iranian Investors and Khatami's Wild Birds in Caracas
...Iranian businessmen and officials are a growing presence in Caracas as they arrive to help implement 34 economic deals signed between Iran and Venezuela, the Catalan daily "La Vanguardia" observed on July 27. Iran has forged increasingly cordial ties with the leftist government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, especially under President Mahmud Ahmadinejad.
The daily cited joint deals being implemented in Venezuela, including the Cerro Azul cement plant in the northeastern state of Monagas, which is due to begin working in late 2007 with a capacity to produce an annual million tons of cement; the construction of 7,000 housing units and a milk processing plant in Zulia, eastern Venezuela; and an automotive plant in Maracay, close to the northern Caribbean coast, which has begun to produce or assemble a planned annual 25,000 units of the Iranian "Samand" limousine. It also mentioned the Veniran tractor plant in Ciudad Bolivar, eastern Venezuela, which has started producing its planned 5,000 tractors a year.
The daily reported that most of its production has been given away to Bolivia, whose leftist government has close ties with Venezuela. "La Vanguardia" noted that direct Tehran-Caracas flights, which began on March 2, are fully booked until October 13, though it did not report the frequency of the flights. It added that Iranians visiting on business do not wait for appointments outside ministers' offices, as President Chavez has isssued orders for them to be received immediately.
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2 comments:
Someone should have told Pres. Chavez that hitching his start to devil will eventually turn him in a shooting star.
They are everywhere. Especially in Ciudad Bolivar where the tractor factory is.
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