[Ost-news] Venezuelan Gusanos Flock to Fort McMurray

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Fleeing Chavez, oil workers flock to frigid Alberta  
By JOEL MILLMAN, The Wall Street Journal  
Associated Press Financial Wire  
June 26, 2007 Tuesday 2:10 PM GMT

FORT McMURRAY, Alberta Before he left Venezuela in April for this  
petroleum outpost in northern Alberta, Freddy Mendez heard tales  
about bone-chilling winter cold and lumbering moose. Since he's come  
to town, he's seen two black bears in his neighborhood. Still, the  
toughest adjustment is the late-night sun.

"You get a lot of work done when the sun doesn't set until 11," he

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