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That is so far from my general impression of the matter, I had to do some news searches to make sure I wasn't taking crazy pills. Fortunately, it seems I wasn't. "Companies are very afraid."[1] Here[2] we have a company whose oil rigs were "nationalized" because they refused to do more work until they were paid the $49 million it was owed. Another article [3] indicates that Exxon-Mobil and Conoco-Philips might get paid for their assets four years after nationalization.

[1] http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/12/nationalizat...

[2] http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/06/24/us-venezuela-natio...

[3] http://www.stockmarketsreview.com/extras/venezuela_to_compen...




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