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Houston firm drops bribe suit against ex Venezuela oil czar

by Associated Press Writer
| August 26, 2020 9:27 AM

MIAMI (AP) — A Houston energy firm has dropped a lawsuit against Venezuela's former oil czar, who it had accused of orchestrating demands for a $10 million bribe to approve an asset sale in the South American country.

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