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Bacchus4.0

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7. Actually Maduro did blame the US for producing too much oil and hurting Iran, Ven, and Russia

Reply to Francis Booth (Reply #6)

Mon Aug 1, 2016, 05:55 PM

Aug 2016

No kidding. Chavez always wanted to dictate US policy. He still runs the country 3 years after his death.

The US is Venezuela's largest trading partner.

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