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FILE - In this June 11, 2014 file photo, Venezuela's Rafael Ramirez, Minister of Popular Power of Petroleum and Mining, speaks to journalists prior to the start of an OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Houston energy firm Harvest Natural Resources has dropped a lawsuit on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, against Venezuela's former oil czar, who it had accused of orchestrating demands for a $10 million bribe to approve an asset sale in the South American country. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Houston firm drops bribe suit against ex Venezuela oil czar

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2014 file photo, Venezuela's then Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez gives a press conference backdropped by an image of independence hero Simon Bolivar, in Caracas, Venezuela. Ramirez, Venezuela’s former oil czar, is being sued by a Houston company that alleges he was behind alleged demands for at least $10 million in bribes to sign off on deals to sell its energy assets in the country. The lawsuit was filed Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Houston firm sues ex Venezuelan oil czar Ramirez over bribes

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press