CARACAS, Friday September 08, 2006 | Update
By the end of 2006, two offices of the Venezuelan Guayana
Corporation (CVG) will open in China and Brazil, CVG International
CEO Ana María González reported.
CVG fosters investments and international purchases of basic
industries. As instructed by the National Government, it also
meets the requirements of local governments, mayoralties,
ministries and associate entities, official news agency ABN
reported.
The official noted that procurement is being redirected towards
the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) in order to strengthen
South-South cooperation.
At the present time, a CVG branch is being established in
Spain, González added.
10:07 AM. DIPLOMACY. Admired by the Colombian guerrilla after his coup attempt in 1992, the then lieutenant colonel Hugo Chávez Frías received financial support by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) for his projects after his capture that year. This mostly explains the relationship and "debt" between the parties, as revealed by a paper of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) of the United Kingdom.