Exhibit 1.9
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                           AES TERMINATES TENDER OFFER

ARLINGTON, VA, November 7, 2001 -- The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) announced
that it had terminated its tender offers to purchase shares and ADSs of Compania
Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV). All shares and ADSs of CANTV
tendered in the AES offers will be returned to the tender holders. AES added
that the actions finally taken by CANTV management in response to its offers
improve shareholder value.

Paul Hanrahan, President of AES Americas stated, "The confirmation by CANTV that
it will continue with its announced share repurchase program is good for all
shareholders. We are also pleased with the SEC filing by Verizon that it will
support an improved CANTV dividend policy."

AES added that it intended to participate in the CANTV repurchase program.

Mr. Hanrahan concluded, "From the standpoint of CANTV's minority shareholders
the events of the last few months resulted in a positive outcome. The $1 billion
of cash held at CANTV is being distributed to all shareholders and Verizon has
committed to a much improved dividend policy to distribute cash not needed in
the business to shareholders. We are also pleased with the important role the
CNV has played in protecting the interests of CANTV's minority shareholders."

AES is a leading global power company comprised of competitive generation,
distribution and retail supply businesses in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh,
Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech. Republic, Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, the
Netherlands, Nigeria, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Ukraine,
the United Kingdom, the United States and Venezuela.

The company's generating assets include interests in one hundred and eighty two
facilities totaling over 62 gigawatts of capacity. AES's electricity
distribution network has over 946,000 km of conductor and associated rights of
way and sells over 135,000 gigawatt hours per year to over 19 million end-use
customers. In addition, through its various retail electricity supply
businesses, the company sells electricity to over 154,000 end-use customers.


AES is dedicated to providing electricity worldwide in a socially responsible
way.





This news release may include forward-looking statements. Actual events and
results may differ materially from those projected. Factors that could affect
actual results are discussed in AES's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and readers are encouraged to read those filings to learn more about
the risk factors associated with AES's businesses.

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