I heard that Hugo Chavez is going to drink a barrel of oil if Venezuela loses to the U.S. today, is this true?
553130
I have no idea if that is true or not cause I have not heard it.  But that is a pretty foolish bet if it is true.  In my opinion the US is head and shoulders above Venezuela in terms of teams.  One we have a higher world ranking, and while that really doesn't matter, we are also in the World Cup.  Try and name 5 Venezuelians playing in a league in Europe, hell try and name 1, I can't.  Also the US played a poor game against Morroco, with such players as Landon Donovan and DeMarcus Beasley just not on top of their games.  They will look to this upcoming friendly as a way to gain momentum for the World Cup, and also factor in this is a home game and I feel the USA will come out hard and get a 2-0 win.
500637
Chavez should be killed for his repeated Opposition to the U.S. and not cooperating on the war on terror. He is a dictator and has removed the law in his country that has a set amount of years for presidental term so we will see Chavez in office till he dies like Castro. Chavez is gonna turn his country into the next China except on the Radical Left side. With Removal of Rights and suppression of his opposers. He is annoyance and the U.S. Empire doesn't have time to deal with small fries like him. So he is on President Bush's Ignore list on all Chat Programs and Phones =P
947864
Are you aware we don't even know who make our energy policy. Oh, Cheney and some of his budies.  I wonder if the record profits the oil companies are making could have anything to do with Cheney and his secret policy energy making group?
637219
Venezuela is the 8th largest oil producer in the world. They got supply coming out their ears...so, yes, approx 14c per gallon for gas is current price.\n\nUK doesn't produce any oil, and they are paying approx $6.40 a gallon. We produce some and we pay around $3. \n\nConstant price thru the world? Do you know ANYTHING that has a constant price all over the world? If everything was the same price, why would we have ships cruising around carrying stuff from one country to another? Stuff is priced differently cause certain countries can grow or make it cheaper than others. Sugar for example. It costs the US a ton of money to make sugar. In Brazil it grows like a weed. It is REALLY cheap there. But, rather than getting sugar cheap from Brazil...our government slaps a huge tariff on it, to make it equal the sugar prices from the US. Great. So, now instead of paying 10c a pound, I pay like $1. 10x what I could be paying. Why??? Well, just cause some sugar grower here in the US wants to keep growing something here that barely grows and takes a ton of work to make it grow. Makes no sense. Grow something else.
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There is no doubt.  Chavez in Venezuela is doing his best to form a left-wing coalition against the United States. He is getting obvious support from the new Socialist government in Spain elected by the fear vote in the aftermath of the march 11 subway bombings there.  Spain attempted to sell them U.S. weapon systems just recently. And there are reports Chavez is not only making daily statements against the U.S., the free trade zone, etc., but he is (again,reportedly) making campaign contributions to the left-wing candidate in Mexico whose rhetoric is also anti-American.\n     Everyone and his hermano seem interested in playing the oil card, as it seems to work so well for the Arab nations, and there is the historic ideological influence as well.  Add to that the interest of non-American economic players (Europe, Japan) that may see the free trade zone as an end to their very lucrative interest in maintaining the status quo in South America.\n     The U.S. would do to look well to the interests of the common people in the Americas, give real support to the indigenous populations, promote self-help programs perhaps, certainly no one else has shown an inclination to improve living conditions for the majority of our neighbors to the south.  It is still a land of rich landowners (terratenientes) with an economic tradition that recalls more the tradition of the conquistadores than of democracy and free enterprise.\n      It is an unjust society that without attention could become far less just and far more unstable politically.
137367
Not that directly.\nCITGO its a company owned by PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela), and PDVSA is owned by all venezuelans (its a publuc company) and managed by goverment.
95979
Chavez, who Bush dislikes, is providing low cost heating oil to several US states to help elderly and low-income Americans heat their homes this winter. Funny, but no help from Saudi Arabia or Pakistan, Bush's friends, or from the US oil industry who got record tax breaks and recorded record profits this year.
682206
chavez is trying to spread the oil wealth of his country to the folk that need it as in health care etc . this guy means well by giving the ordinary people of his country the wealth that is theirs. in his small mind bush thinks pinko so all bets are off   chow
478979
Lets see, the oil company's own the wells, then they sell to the refinery's which they own. So they are selling it to themselves. they make a profit no matter what it sells for but make a bigger profit if it sells high. My guess is that the prices will go higher. While I wouldn't put it past Bush to invade a country for its oil. I don't think even he can spin this one to invade Venezuela. I think Iran will be a better choice because not many country's like them.
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I think that Americans aren´t agree Chavez exterior policy to the United States and Bush administration.\nAlso, with Fidel Castro, they are changing Latin American point of view about freedom, democracy,and capitalism.Chavez give $30 millions to Bolivia, and 65% of Venezuelans are in extremely poverty. Also he´s giving free oil and gas to Argentina,Brazil,Cuba,and Caribbean islands.And he´s finnanciating pro-comunist socialist candidates, that is the case of Evo Morales in Bolivia, and Ollanta Humala in Peru. But I think that intelligent and modern left Latin American leaders like Lula,the elected Michelle Bachelet,Nestor Kirchner, etc. People who really want good relationships with US and the whole world, impede that Chavez made real the "Simon Bolivar´s dream" of integrate all Latin America in one "liberal socialist" block.
250390
$.07 a gallon after you convert to American dollars. It's $.12 a gallon in Venezuela as well look it up on the net. Thats why Pat Robertson hates Hugo Chavez.
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First off, The word GRINGO is a term (not necessarily despective ,but could be depending on the context.) used in most of Latin America to describe someone typically from the USA. The words origin is disputed by several tales....\nNEXT- \nHugo Chavez is actually very smart, and he very well knows what he can and can't get away with doing or saying. Proof of this is that he has not declared himself a dictator and supreme ruler of the country having ample power and resources to do so. He knows very well that the US can do absolutely nothing while he is a democratically elected leader. He can spurt out anything his wild imagination can concoct on any given Sunday, because all he is doing is creating a mirage for a largely uneducated support base that will support him and keep him in power "democratically" in the face of an imminent threat. A mirage which also serves as an instrument to divert attention to his shortcomings as the leader of a nation in absolute shambles.  He is an outspoken critic because this gives him great popularity at home and he very well knows that the US will not do a thing. Does anyone believe for a second that Chavez himself believes that he can truly take on the US armed forces???? With arrows and all??  If he knew the GRINGOS were really coming I guarantee you that his threatening tone would go way down, just like it did in the days following his brief ousting and reinstatement as president back in April of 2003.  \nI always ask myself..  Had he known his fate, would Saddam have remained been so defiant in the weeks before the invasion of Iraq?  Chavez is no different, he just happens to be backed up by the "Democratically elected" card, which serves him and his purpose well.
570656
He's one the greatest things to ever happen to Venezuela and probably latin america. Despite all his faults, he has done more for the majority of venezuelans than any president in recent history, and he is standing up to the tyranny/hypocrisy of US foreign policy
674016
Iran and then Venezuela want to adopt EURO for oil.\nBecause they want to limit US interferes in the world. Also, ex-Iraq leaders decided to do this.\n\nIf they can to do, it will make hard situation for US and US-Dollar.\nI think all of these brawls about Iran is for Oil and adopting EURO instead of US-Dollar.
271208
I believe war is hinging on the Israeli PM elections, if Netanyahu is elected he has said he will attack Iran. Iran is looking for an excuse to launch an attack on Israel and they have the weapons to do it. If Israel attacks Iran they will play the self-defense card and launch a major chemical and or Nuclear strike on Israel. Then the domino's begin fall. Look for Venezuela to do something, they seem to be pretty "chummy" with Iran as of late. I wouldn't be surprised at all if South American Nations were able to launch attacks against the US much like Iran is doing in Iraq now. And then there is always the wild-card on the Korean Peninsula.
881664
Yes. Consider "oil supply" or "Oil reserves" if appropriate.\n\ncc
412541
I didn't know that, but on the Today show this morning they said a gallon of gas in Iraq is 35 cents and 12 cents in Venezuela!  We're getting ripped!