The Prime Minister Jorge Del Castillo was implicated in the recordings as someone who could help facilitate the oil bidding process in Discover's favor.

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After learning this, Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo said that if Mr. Fuentes likes Hugo Chavez so much, he should go and live in Venezuela.

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Secondly, Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo has said that Chavez is trying to pressure Peru into joining an alliance with Venezuela, Cuba and Bolivia called the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), which Chavez bills as an alternative to U.S. free trade agreements.

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