Thank you very much for being here today. Helping us start the study with an overview such as the one you're providing is very important to us, because there are always mythologies and different points of view out there with regard to Venezuela or Mr. Chávez.
I have a number of questions. First, there seems to be an obvious change from working in Africa. There seems to be a switch in priority towards South America. Is that real, or is it the imagination of some of the folks out there?
Next, you mentioned that doing business with the administration was a bit of a problem down there. Has that worsened since Mr. Chávez has come in, as opposed to historically?
The other thing I'd be curious about is how you see the internal human rights record of Venezuela over the last 30 years. We have heard commentary about the Jewish community; I'd like to know how large that community is and, in relative terms, how the government is treating its other citizens compared to that group. Are they marginalized to the degree that their safety is in jeopardy?
I'll stop there. There are a few things embedded in that.