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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

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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

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2013 file photo, Venezuela's Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez attends a signing ceremony with the Russian energy company Rosneft in Caracas, Venezuela, in front of a large image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. U.S. prosecutors believe Ramirez received bribes as part of an alleged multibillion-dollar graft scheme in Venezuela's oil industry, an official familiar with the U.S. investigation said Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. Ramirez has called a separate criminal Venezuelan probe retaliation for his decision to break with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, who he has accused of running Venezuela's once-thriving oil industry into the ground and abandoning the socialist ideals of the late Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Official: US believes ex-Venezuela oil czar took bribes

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro closes his eyes for a few moments before starting a press conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Maduro says oil price meeting planned

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Firefighters and rescue teams work at the Amuay oil refinery after an explosion in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Diario EL Amanecer)

Refinery blast kills 39 in Venezuela, dozens hurt

By Ian James and Jorge Rueda - Associated Press

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Chinese loans put Venezuela over barrel

By Kelly Hearn - Special to The Washington Times