Venezuelas Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez Araque, left, shakes hands with former president of Venezuelan Bank Michel Goguikian during a ceremony to assume the control of Santander Bank in Caracas, Friday, July 3, 2009. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Santander Bank, the Venezuela's third-largest bank, making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system. At center, president of Santander Group Emilio Botin. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)