VOL. XLV

No 16

22-April-2002

OPEC

Venezuela: Not A Banana-OilRepublic After All

By Gregory Wilpert

Dr Gregory Wilpert, a former USFulbright scholar, lives in Caracas, and is currently doing independentresearch on the sociology of development. The article, reprinted withpermission, was first published on the ZNet websiteand the author can be reached at Wilpert@cantv.net.

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