SCA : Did You supply ?

The photo shows a man in hospital with a tube in his mouth and was printed on the front page with the headline:

"the secret of Chavez's illness".

                               

The Venezuelan government called the photo "grotesque".

Spain's El Pais newspaper has apologised after publishing a photo of Venezuelan President

Hugo Chavez which it said has turned out to be a fake.

The paper said in a statement that it had obtained the image from cricket web site WICF

blogger under the name SCA :    :o

but that it had not been able to independently verify the date, location or circumstances

of the photo.....

Snoopster ,

I told you so !

Lol @ Ketchim.  You prappa idle.

From Jamaica to Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic to Uruguay,

and not least in Cuba itself :

dozens of vulnerable nations that benefit from favourable oil deals with Venezuela

fear for a future without the leader who fostered the idea of "economic solidarity"

among neighbours.... 8)

Most susceptible to the winds of change in Caracas are the 15 or so Caribbean nations

that signed up to Petrocaribe :

an alliance founded in 2005, which allows oil-rich Venezuela to sell oil :

to poorer countries in the region.....

Through Petrocaribe, they are able to buy Venezuelan oil :

by paying between 5% and 50% of the bill upfront,

followed by a grace period of one to two years.

The outstanding balance can be paid in 17 to 25 years with a 1% interest rate :

if the oil goes over $40 a barrel.