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Venezuela's state oil company said Tuesday that it has stopped selling crude to Exxon Mobil Corp. in response to the U.S. oil company's drive to use the courts to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.

Exxon Mobil is locked in a dispute over the nationalization of its oil ventures in Venezuela that has led President Hugo Chavez to threaten to cut off all Venezuelan oil supplies to the United States.

Venezuela is currently the United States' fourth largest oil supplier.
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21 responses // Venezuela cuts off Exxon Mobil from oil

  • finally someone has the guts to speak out and do what he feels is right and not what america feels is right
    ashaiba
  • All I can muster about this issue is an expressive YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! GOD Bless Chavez
    Mobius2012
  • Interesting. Chavez also gave his people freedom of speech - while the nation based on freedom of speech, (for those of you who are young and may not remember that would be the United States), is increasingly taking away our rights be it through subtle intimidation or in outright violation of our inalienable God (my God, not your God) given and US constitutional rights.
    VoyagerFilms
  • How long do you think it will be before we take him out? We've tried and failed but we will keep after it because he chooses to help the people of his country instead of big oil.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • We, have no right to do so, but yes Marilyn _Murray, the evil doers that believe they are entitled and that think they are above judgement will try, no doubt.

    The thing is, for every action, there is a reaction. Upset the balance, take it too far, get too greedy and the sleeping giant will awake. The sleeping giant once was America, but now it's the rest of the world.
    VoyagerFilms
  • Yes, I know that because our government is out of control that they are going to go too far then we are going to pay. It's sad to think that Countries used to be afraid of Russia, now they are afraid of us.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • Do it Chavez! Cut us off. We gotta get off the stuff anyway.
    stephenthomson
  • stephenthomson, can we get some electric cars first?
    Marilynn_Murray
  • we had electric cars, once upon a time. oil companies bought them out.
    stephenthomson
  • And General Motors who's having a tough financial time recalled and smashed them too. Hard to feel sorry about their financial mess isn't it?
    Marilynn_Murray
  • http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=electric+cars&u...
    time to mass produce these... (I want the one that looks like a giant saxophone reed)
    stephenthomson
  • I want the little green pickup. Then some Mexican trucker making eight dollars a day driving a truck with no brakes will run over our asses. Sorry, is your car the Bat Mobile?
    Marilynn_Murray
  • Well then let do what we always do in situations like this being that we are thee one superpower nation of all nations, just invade there country then make up a fake civil war for the media and takeover there country for the all there resources,just like the Dole fruit company did to Guatemala back in the 40's and 50's..they ruined Guatemala's chance for success and to be taken out of the third-world title...Damn ASSHOLE's
    Day2Day1nSociety
  • That's how we do things. Makes me proud just thinking about it. We've already tried to snuff Chaxez, that's why he hates Bush.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • Let us just take a real honest look at this benevolent dictator. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/11/news/Venezuel... After threat to cut off oil, Chavez says Venezuela may expropriate milk plants He says he is doing the right thing. An oil-rich nation with a large nationalized oil supply fails to feed its own people. Just like oil-rich Mexico. Government corruption. I understand that people in other countries blame foreigners for all of their problems. There are many small minded people here in America that blame foreigners for all of our problems too. Here is how Chavez treats Columbia - http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-02-12-voa21.cfm "Recently, Venezuelan supermarkets started to experience supply problems for some basic food products. Some stores in San Antonio de Tachira closed their doors, others had empty shelves.
    Chavez has closed down television stations in his own country. He is far from any sort of champion of free speech, he is the opposite of that. He attempted to replace the Venezuelan constitution so he could stay in power for life . The United States should not remove him from power, the people of Venezuela should take him out of power. Hugo Chavez the moron and an imbecile.
    Food shortages threaten Venezuela’s socialist project

    http://www.pww.org/article/view/12489/
    In 2006, President Chávez announced that the terrestrial broadcast license for RCTV—Venezuela's second largest TV channel—would not be renewed.[186] The channel's terrestrial broadcasts ended on May 28, 2007 and were replaced with a state network. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez
    mjsmith11
  • http://www.powerofcommunity.org/cm/index.php
    This thread reminded me of an interesting documentary I saw a few months ago called:
    "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil"

    I recognize that Cuba is a drastically smaller country, so not everything is directly applicable, but the film definitely serves as an example and provides some interesting ideas that we here in the US could start implementing on a local level. It really opened my eyes as to just how far our dependency on oil reaches, and how many positive changes will follow after a break in this dependent lifestyle.

    "When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. Transportation halted. Electricity was available sporadically. Food production was devastated. The average Cuban lost 20 pounds.

    The film shows us the innovative responses of the Cuban people. We see city-dwellers planting urban gardens on every available plot, using permaculture and organic farming to reclaim soils destroyed by chemical fertilizers and pesticides. These local farmers reconnect with their neighbors and willingly supply free food to elders, schools, workers, and pregnant women.

    Without fuel for cars, Cubans walked, carpooled, and rode buses. They even massively adopted the bicycle, despite the prior absence of a cycling culture. We also see Cubans creatively reducing energy consumption in their homes and workplaces and implementing small-scale renewable energy projects."

    check it out. it's definitely worthwhile.
    vavavicky
  • Thanks mjsmith11
    Haroscarfel
  • If he is removed it should be the people in that country that remove him, I doubt that it will be though unless led by and funded by our CIA.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • either way, we have to get off the oil. Exxon Mobil needs to find a new vocation.
    stephenthomson
  • I listened to Ring of Fire on Air America radio today. Robert Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papentonio were talking about Chavez and the good he has done for the people of his country. Infant death rate has lowered 18%. He is giving people unused land so they will have their own property, He built schools, hospitals and housing. The people are going to school and the there is a lot less illiteracy. According to them the people love Chavez. Of course our media feeds a totally different story. Exxon got kicked out because the greedy bastards and were taking 84% of the profits from Venezuela's oil for their shareholders and leaving Venezuela with a feather and everyone was tickled. The show is rebroadcast tomorrow "Sunday" if you want to hear for yourself. Sorry Smith I trust them more than you.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • Hurray for Hugo Chavez...
    jubal

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