CARACAS, Wednesday August 20, 2008 | Update
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez sent his condolences
to the Spanish people and government over a Gran Canaria-bound
Spanair jet crashed on Wednesday, which left 153 people dead.
"In this tragic moment, Venezuelans express our solidarity
and fraternity to relatives and friends of the victims of
such terrible disaster," read a communiqué released by
the President's Office in Caracas, as quoted by AFP.
05:09 PM. Economy. If any country has cashed in on the Bolivarian revolution, that is Brazil, particularly the private companies of the southern neighbor. Over the past five years, it has been awarded contracts for works to be carried out in Venezuela for over USD 14 billion. This puts it as the first recipient of government-to-government contracts, that is, without bidding, since Hugo Chávez took office.