The oil company is the largest single source of revenue for Mr. Chávez's government, financing an array of social welfare projects and foreign aid to leftist allies.
BBA seeks to transform schools by creating a series of strategic partnerships between schools, businesses, universities, hospitals, local government and an array of neighborhood-based service organizations.
The ceasefire negotiated between the government and an array of armed opposition groups was also a deal to allow food, water and medical supplies to enter what had been a partially besieged area.
The government instituted an array of safety measures after the accident last year in which a rider fatally struck two people watching from an area on Snaefell that was prohibited to spectators though it was not marked as such.
Since then, in an ostentatious fit of patriotism, the Hainan government and an array of Chinese corporations have lavished investments on public works and amenities of all kinds on the island, starting with solar panels, a power grid and a state-of-the-art desalination plant.
In its 87-page indictment, the government details an array of misconduct used to enlarge the company's sales and profits artificially, with the transactions fitting into several categories of fraud, often with colorful names like channel stuffing, candy deals, tango sheets and cookie jar reserves.
Anti-government protests developed into a civil war that four years on has reached a stalemate, with President Bashar al-Assad's government, Islamic State, an array of Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters all holding territory.
Anti-government protests developed into a civil war that four years on has ground to a stalemate, with the Assad government, Islamic State, an array of Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters all holding territory.
Anti-government protests developed into a civil war that, four years on, has ground to a stalemate, with the Assad government, Islamic State, an array of Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters all holding territory.
