I couldn't find the particular link you mention
Maybe my eyes are going, maybe they moved it. What I *did* find was a rather encouraging article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4155936.stm
Maybe it's not the American way, but Venezuela should be able to decide for itself how it conducts it's own business. Who knows, maybe they can make "socialism of the twenty-first century" work. I hope we're big enough to stand back and let them have an honest go at it.