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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela's Chavez welcomes ally Ahmadinejad [View all]Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)88. Iran asks Venezuela to repay debts exceeding USD 290 million
http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120111/iran-asks-venezuela-to-repay-debts-exceeding-usd-290-million
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have visited Latin America to lead people to believe that he has allies in the region, but he also seized the opportunity of his visit to Venezuela to demand the payment of a USD 298 million debt that the Venezuelan government has contracted with state-run Iranian companies.
Venezuela has debts with Iranian firms in the areas of automotive industry, construction, and housing, which are three of the main pillars of the relationship between Caracas and Tehran.
"Ahmadinejad's delegation wanted to talk about the debts that the Venezuelan government has contracted with five Iranian corporations operating in Venezuela, whose activities have been hampered by a series of obstacles," sources close to those businesses told El Universal.
First, Venezuela owes USD 98 million to Iranian state-run company Ehdasse Sanat. Repayment of this debt has already been approved by the National Assembly. The representatives of the company are seeking repayment of the debt to meet their commitments, including bank loans.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have visited Latin America to lead people to believe that he has allies in the region, but he also seized the opportunity of his visit to Venezuela to demand the payment of a USD 298 million debt that the Venezuelan government has contracted with state-run Iranian companies.
Venezuela has debts with Iranian firms in the areas of automotive industry, construction, and housing, which are three of the main pillars of the relationship between Caracas and Tehran.
"Ahmadinejad's delegation wanted to talk about the debts that the Venezuelan government has contracted with five Iranian corporations operating in Venezuela, whose activities have been hampered by a series of obstacles," sources close to those businesses told El Universal.
First, Venezuela owes USD 98 million to Iranian state-run company Ehdasse Sanat. Repayment of this debt has already been approved by the National Assembly. The representatives of the company are seeking repayment of the debt to meet their commitments, including bank loans.
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The Iranian president is subordinate to the Supreme Leader on issues of foreign policy. n/t
ronnie624
Jan 2012
#22
I remember, but it wasn't just a planeload of Americans who suffered then. Thousands of Iranians
Cleita
Jan 2012
#25
We were kind of paranoid after "accidentally" almost losing a ship the year before
DissedByBush
Jan 2012
#56
They are getting ready to execute an Iranian American (former USMC) they are accusing of spying.
MADem
Jan 2012
#57
And as heinous as that is, it isn't the reason for U.S. intervention in the ME.
ronnie624
Jan 2012
#65
here's a link re: 80,000 TONS of rotting meat in Chavez' well run country, food shortages
wordpix
Jan 2012
#85
Clearly what the media here tells US Americans is what some automatically believe.
Judi Lynn
Jan 2012
#31
Which is the undisputed truth - I know this because a Chavez supporter said it.
Dreamer Tatum
Jan 2012
#64
You're the first to claim expatriot Venezuelans are "refugees." What a twist.
Judi Lynn
Jan 2012
#28
Re: your claim you don't dare "broadcast protests against the government," you must check that info.
Judi Lynn
Jan 2012
#33
I'm sure there are alternate ways of looking at one's gov in Venezuela, just like in the US
wordpix
Jan 2012
#90
It reminds me of when I was in graduate school and knew a member of the Kuwaiti
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2012
#14
Whoah Whoah whoah. I don't welcome war with Iran, but I dislike its leaders...
Bicoastal
Jan 2012
#15
+1, no one here should be defending Iran and their terrible human right's record.
nyy1998
Jan 2012
#21
You want to run down a list of repressive brutal governments we are arming against their own people?
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#40
Bravo Chavez! The US has done far more harm to the world--South & Central America--than
Vidar
Jan 2012
#34
Vida is right, of course. Did you check how many people US drones killed on the same day?
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#38
I have given several reasons why I agree with Vida. You have posted insults. I think we're done.
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#50