PDVSA fired the head of finance Eudomario Carruyo ... By removing Carruyo, President Hugo Chavez may seek to deflect criticism from the pension fund scandal that flared after a Securities Exchange ...

Rafael Correa, the Ecuadorian president, and Hugo Chavez, his Venezuelan counterpart ... The joint 6.6 billion dollar project by state-run oil firms PDVSA, of Venezuela, and Petroecuador, of ...

Hugo Chávez died eleven years ago ... Chávez reasserted state control over the state oil company, PDVSA, and directed enhanced oil revenues to the poor, with Venezuela’s social spending ...