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Enron Projects Used Government Loans

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WASHINGTON (AP) _ From Guatemala to India, power plants Enron Corp helped build received $1.2 billion in government-backed loans from two U.S. agencies. The Overseas Private Investment Corp. still is owed $453 million from the Enron-related projects while the Export- Import Bank is due $512 million. Though Enron is now bankrupt, four of its projects financed by OPIC are making its payments on time. Regarding a fifth project, Enron and two other U.S. corporations are seeking to have OPIC pay off a huge insurance claim. When it filed for bankruptcy in December, Enron was pursuing OPIC ...

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