Thursday, August 18, 2005

VENEZUELA READY TO CUT OFF OIL IF U.S. INTERVENES

Boy Howdy! You betcha, buddy! Go ahead, make Hugo's day, Unca George! While we're at it, rememeber that Citgo is the Anti-Bush gas -- it's Venezuelan! Fuel at Citgo as often as possible, 'kay?--Pete

AFP - Venezuela's energy minister, Rafael Ramirez, said that Caracas is "ready and willing" to cut off its oil supply to the United States, if there are any signs of aggression from the superpower toward his country. . . On Sunday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened to end oil exports to the United States if Washington did not stop its "aggressions."

"We do not want to break relations with the US government; it is not in our plans," Chavez said. "But if the aggressions continue, ... this could put diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the United States at risk."

Washington's attacks could provoke "something more serious: These two daily boats full of Venezuelan oil could head another way instead of going to the United States," warned Chavez, whose country is the fourth-largest provider of oil to the United States, supplying some 1.5 million barrels a day. "The US market is not indispensable to us," he told thousands of young people taking part in a youth festival at a Caracas arena.

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