Post by RedFlag32 on Feb 20, 2006 15:51:30 GMT
GRANMA
February 20, 2006
US Hostility is Over Oil, says Venezuela's Chavez
CARACAS, February 19-Venezuela's oil and Washington's desire to
control it is the cause of escalating US hostility towards Venezuela,
warned President Hugo Chavez on Sunday.
Speaking on his weekly "Alo Presidente" television and radio program,
Chavez noted that the White House is going to great lengths to try
and destabilize Venezuela. "They are spending a lot of money here,
trying to buy traitors," said the charismatic leader.
Chavez referred to recent statements by US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice who accused his government of being a problem for
the region and who voiced her support of a transit strike, reported
Prensa Latina.
However, Chavez said it is really the process of Latin American
integration with concrete projects like the gas pipeline from
Venezuela to Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina that really bothers
Washington.
The Venezuelan president pointed out that the US had considered
Venezuela's gas reserves -one of the largest in the world- as its own
and was preparing to exploit it.
"That is one of their problems -said the president-, they are running
out of oil because they are wasteful consumers."
"The bottom line is that they want the oil, which they were receiving
virtually free, and they also had the gas under their control and
planned to take it," he added.
Chavez predicted that this would be a difficult year for his country,
due to presidential elections in December, but assured that any and
all ploys by the United States would be defeated.
February 20, 2006
US Hostility is Over Oil, says Venezuela's Chavez
CARACAS, February 19-Venezuela's oil and Washington's desire to
control it is the cause of escalating US hostility towards Venezuela,
warned President Hugo Chavez on Sunday.
Speaking on his weekly "Alo Presidente" television and radio program,
Chavez noted that the White House is going to great lengths to try
and destabilize Venezuela. "They are spending a lot of money here,
trying to buy traitors," said the charismatic leader.
Chavez referred to recent statements by US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice who accused his government of being a problem for
the region and who voiced her support of a transit strike, reported
Prensa Latina.
However, Chavez said it is really the process of Latin American
integration with concrete projects like the gas pipeline from
Venezuela to Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina that really bothers
Washington.
The Venezuelan president pointed out that the US had considered
Venezuela's gas reserves -one of the largest in the world- as its own
and was preparing to exploit it.
"That is one of their problems -said the president-, they are running
out of oil because they are wasteful consumers."
"The bottom line is that they want the oil, which they were receiving
virtually free, and they also had the gas under their control and
planned to take it," he added.
Chavez predicted that this would be a difficult year for his country,
due to presidential elections in December, but assured that any and
all ploys by the United States would be defeated.