He dressed the funding proposal up in geoengineering language because that was the way to get funds - a tactic scientists in all fields have used down the years in order to ensure their research happens (witness the boom in "bioterror"-related research after the US anthrax scares of 2001).

BBC: Geoengineering: Risks and benefits

At Andres Bello high school in central Caracas a band of about 100 Chavistas on motorcycles, many with faces covered with bandanas, harassed opposition activists who wanted to witness the vote count to ensure there was no fraud.

NPR: Tensions Up In Venezuela After Polls Close

Clause 16 (Payment for Articles) of its Code of Practice requires that journalists must take every possible step to ensure that no financial dealings influence the evidence that a witness may give.

BBC: Press warned over witness payments