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Venezuelan backing to continue after Chavez death say Williams
6 March, 2013 Williams receives funding from Venezuela through driver Pastor Maldonado
Williams played down fears that the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez could hurt the British team's connection to the South American country.
Through 2012 Barcelona winner Pastor Maldonado, Oxfordshire based Williams is heavily sponsored by PDVSA, the state-controlled Venezuelan oil company.
The deal has always been closely associated with Chavez, the controversial Venezuelan president who was personally involved in the promotion of Maldonado's career.
Chavez, 58, died of cancer on Tuesday, and despite winning a sixth presidential term only recently, it is possible his United Socialist party...
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