VOL. XLVI

No 9

3-March-2003

Venezuela: Chavez Survives; Now What?

The following article was published by Washington DC-based PFC Energys Market Intelligence Service on 24 February and is reprinted with permission.

Having successfully ridden out strike action by his opponents, President Hugo Chavez has survived the most serious challenge to his rule. A number of factors underlie his success: the government was able to restore oil production; maintain minimum levels of imports financed through...