Chavez warns ExxonMobil and the neo cons - will shut the oil spigot

[donsu]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/10/AR2008021001381.html?hpid=moreheadlines


Chavez Threatens to Halt Venezuela's Oil Sales to U.S.


Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez yesterday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States if ExxonMobil pursues international court orders it has obtained against billions of dollars of Venezuelan state assets in a contract dispute.

"If you end up freezing and it harms us, we're going to harm you," Chavez said in his weekly radio and television show. "Do you know how? We aren't going to send oil to the United States. Take note, Mr. Bush, Mr. Danger."

Venezuela sells about 1.3 million barrels a day of oil to the United States, making it the fourth-largest source, at 14 percent, of U.S. petroleum imports.
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[devilgrrl]

1. He evil

:sarcasm:

[LakeSamish706]

2. I bet China would love to capture that supply of oil if Chavez follows thru. n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. What will Bush do about it?

Will the rabid rwingers demand we invade Venezuela? Will they ever understand the concept of sovereign nation?

[EFerrari]

4. No, they won't. A relative of the Senior US Military advisor

was caught bringing ammo into Bolivia illegally. Looks like BushCo is arming the oligarchs there, too. They're also funding the wingers there via USAID and NED. Oh, and they got caught asking Peace Corp volunteers and a Fullbright scholar to spy on Venezuelans and Cubans in Bolivia.

They'll never learn and they'll never stop.

[MikeDuffy]

5. More from Venezuela's Energy Minister at:

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/3135