But Colombians note that Mr Chávez often describes as "terrorists" his own political opponents.Officials from both countries say that the guerrillas use Venezuela for supplies and as a transport corridor, as well as extorting funds from its ranchers.
Ecuador is using its court system in an attempt to extort as much as $16 billion from Chevron as compensation for environmental damage that was caused mostly by the Ecuador national oil company after Chevron left.
Doug, himself a cutthroat lawyer, envisages buckets of easy money from bilking the production through litigious threats, and he sets out to extort as much as he can.
Okruashvili's theory is that everyone is trying to extort as much money as possible while they can still get away with it.
Could it be that the election period presents a perfect opportunity for voters to extort as many concessions as possible?
This week's development comes as criminal investigators are said to be examining allegations that Afghan security firms have been extorting as much as $4 million a week from contractors paid with U.S. tax dollars and then funneling the spoils to warlords and the Taliban, according to a U.S. military document.
There were cases where salvors attempted to overstate the danger in court, so as to extort more money from the owners.
Criminal complaints unsealed in Federal District Court in Brooklyn yesterday charge that the inspectors from the Buildings Department, who review plumbing work on commercial construction projects as well as home renovations, routinely extorted cash bribes of $50 to $500 in exchange for approvals.
That and money he extorted from others, as much as $15,000, may be helping him avoid a nationwide manhunt, the captain added.
The subsequent union with Marie, which evidently made no sense to anyone else in their circle, may have been extorted as recompense.
Benevolence, in English history, any sum of money, disguised as a gift, extorted by various English kings, from Edward IV to James I, from their subjects without Parliament's consent.
