Hugo Chavez ships 1,000,000 barrels of petroleum

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias ships 1,000,000 barrels of petroleum to the United States


The Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C. issued a press release late this morning to inform that Venezuela President Hugo Chavez’ pledge to ship approximately an additional one million barrels of gasoline to the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation will begin to come to fruition on September 25 with the arrival at Port Everglades (Florida) of the bulk tanker 'B/t Energy Pride' with a first shipment of 240,000 barrels. The gasoline, produced by Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) will be available immediately to US consumers through PDVSA’s wholly-owned US subsidiary, CITGO Petroleum Corp's distribution network ... and is supplementary to PDVSA’s normal shipments.

“As a Hemispheric neighbor and business partner, we are pleased that we are able to provide immediate relief by increasing gasoline supplies available in the United States in the aftermath of this devastating natural disaster,” said Venezuela’s Ambassador to the United States, Bernardo Alvarez Herrera. “We're sending additional barrels of gasoline that otherwise would have gone elsewhere, and we will continue to do whatever we can to help alleviate energy shortages and the dislocations faced by the people of the United States as a result of Hurricane Katrina.”

Three other shipments of 240,000 barrel each will arrive at regular intervals on the heels of this first. It is expected that the entire additional volume of close to one million barrels will be delivered to the US distribution system no later than October 31. Venezuela’s geographic proximity to the United States and PDVSA’s relationship with CITGO permits a much quicker response than could be achieved by other countries in Europe, the Middle East or Asia.

PDVSA is the 5th largest provider of petroleum products in the world and the 3rd largest provider to the United States. Over the last year, Venezuela has at times been the largest supplier of oil to the United States, surpassing Saudi Arabia, Canada and Mexico. It exports 95% of its hydrocarbons ... 57% of which are earmarked for the United States. PDVSA’S oil refining capacity globally is 3.3 million barrels per day.

http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=46084

[Waya]

1. Hail Chavez....

[LiberalinNC]

2. I wonder what awful things Pat Robertson will say about this!

:evilgrin:

[Roland99]

20. I'd about kill for a pic of Robertson filling up at a Citgo!

:)

[DiverDave]

66. That idiot wouldn't know how to operate the pump

he has "little people" for that.

[brainshrub]

3. The meanest thing you can do to an enemy, is give them a gift.

Hey Bush! Pay attention to the actions of a real diplomat.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

68. 1000000 barrels of oil on the wall

1000000 barrels of oil on the wall
1000000 barrels of oil on the wall
Mock the Chimp
Taunt the Chimp
999999 barrels of oil on the wall

[jean]

4. how can the 'cons' running our govt interfere with this? Can Citgo go

ahead and refine the shipments and get product to the market and bushco can't do a thing about it?

[leesa]

75. I'm sure their papers won't be in order and FEMA will have to re-direct

them to Cheney's oil lair.

[Coexist]

5. Recommended

[cassiepriam]

6. won't hit the press, bushco will suck the oil up for themselves

[Cha]

16. I hope Chavez is wary enough

to make sure his oil gets where he wants it to go!

BuyCitgo!:patriot:

[Mairead]

23. I was thinking the same thing, Cassie

The individual stations aren't owned by Venezuela, only the brand name, distribution network, and refinery. So I bet we'll see the gas being sold at the 'regular' extortionate prices, or being 'requisitioned' by BushCo.

Pity Hugo can't specify that owners of Hummers and other gas-guzzlers have to pay a premium which will be used to reduce the price paid by those driving small efficient cars. :evilgrin:

[cassiepriam]

29. We shall see how smart Chavez is.....

but something tells me he has BushCo's number....

[Gregorian]

7. That's one hours worth of oil for the US.

It's almost hard to believe. It IS hard to believe.


Hugo's the man.

[Toots]

50. It sounds like it is refined gasoline and not oil

Should last a little longer, maybe two hours...:shrug:

[Judi Lynn]

8. How very decent of President Hugo Chavez.

Don't look for _{George Bush} to be as gracious in receiving it on behalf of the people of the U.S. It's just not in him. Besides that, how would it look thanking the man he has been trying to destroy for years? His racist, right-wing, lunatic brethren would look down on him, call him "soft on human beings."



Walk on by, @$$####.

[Cha]

17. No, bush is missing that gene..he

got plenty of the "I'm an arrogant SOB who never did a day's work in my life" genes, though.

[rateyes]

41. From both parents...

but, especially his dear mother. She's a witch.

[phusion]

19. What a great photo

I wonder if they ever shook hands?

[Judi Lynn]

51. No doubt Bush would have a hard time meeting his eyes.

There is another photo showing Chavez walking behind _Bush and Mireya Moscoso, _Bush ally, and President of Panama (who pardoned airline bomber/mass murderer Luis Posada Carriles to please the Miami right-wing extremist Cubans).



_Bush doesn't deal directly with people like Chavez. It's so much easier to have his government covertly bribe Venezuelan corruptible military officers, union officials, and opposition members who want to destroy him.

[Ilsa]

9. Is Bush* gracious enough to thank him? I bet not. I don't think

Bar taught him manners.

[Oreo]

10. What are the chances the tanker is turned away?

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Is there ANY way that it can be sent only to low income areas..or sold

only to people who drive OLD, or high-mileage cars?
I think that the price you pay for gasoline should be based on the mileage your car gets.

The less mileage your car gets, the more you should pay for gasoline...

[KansDem]

52. This is a little off topic, but you have an excellent observation...

The less mileage your car gets, the more you should pay for gasoline...

Back in the 1970s I thought one way to address the "energy crisis" would be to charge $0.10 per gallon per cylinder (don't forget; this was mid-1970s when gas was around 60 cents a gallon). With this approach, motorcycles in general would have paid 20 cents a gallon, VWs and smaller cars 40 cents, mid-sized 60 cents, and the huge, gas-guzzling luxury cars $1.20. I thought this the best way to conserve and reward those of us who drove smaller, fuel-efficient cars. I proposed my idea on occasion to friends and co-workers at the time, and the response was lukewarm to outright condemnation. "You can't punish those drivers with large cars just because they were 'successful' in business!" was the most common rejoinder.

I still think it's a good idea, although now the price would be something like 40 cents a gallon per cylinder.

[vptpt]

12. Why can't WE have a president like Chavez?

Or even just somebody with a brain.

[tex-wyo-dem]

13. How much you wanna bet we won't here word one about this...

in the coporate media and especially the RW media.

Gotta keep that "leftist dictator" label going.

[Cha]

14. You know the bushwa

is absolutely Hating this from their numero uno nemisis Hugo (won't go down in a USA sponsored coup)Chavez!

Chavez knows how to help people..and the bushwa know how to turn life to shit.

[maxsolomon]

15. but i say unto you: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES

are you paying attention, born-again chimperor maximus?

[Peace Patriot]

18. What is the critical difference between Venezuelan and U.S. elections?

We both vote electronically, but Venezuela has OPEN SOURCE CODE--i.e., anyone can review the programming by which votes are tabulated; whereas the U.S. has "TRADE SECRET," PROPRIETARY CODE in our electronic voting systems--code so secret that not even our secretaries of state are permitted to review it--owned and controlled mainly by two Bushite corporations, Diebold and ES&S.

Open source code = good president.

Secret, proprietary source code = bad president.

Simple.

-------

We need to throw Diebold and ES&S election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor' NOW! --or the nearest Louisiana levee, or Houston flood zone!

Transparent, verifiable elections require:

Paper ballots hand-counted at the precinct level (--Canada does it in one day, although speed should not even be a consideration, just accuracy and verifiability)

or, at the least...

Paper ballot (not "paper trail") backup of all electronic voting, a 10% automatic recount, very strict security, and NO SECRET, PROPRIETARY programming code! (...jeez!).

------

We also need a BIG BROOM to sweep out corrupt election officials of both parties. The Republican Party is not the only one that needs its house cleaned!

[Judi Lynn]

67. Thanks for pointing out the extreme difference btween Republican

voting machines and the ones used in Venezuela. The Venezuelan opposition, as you know, attempted to convince the world their election was bogus and claimed their machines are like the Diebold ones, in an attempt to have the results disregarded.

All the difference in the world. No comparison. People need to see this explained, and push for transparency HERE.

[jwirr]

21. Bush won't have enough sense to thank him so I do. Thank

you President Chavez, from the ordinary citizens of the U.S.A.

[mmonk]

22. I'm waiting for a serious discussion

about this in the media.;)

[RPM_BU]

24. But at what price will they be selling it ?

at a discount, or at normal supply/demand prices ?

[mike923]

34. It doesn't say does it....

I'm sure his country sends x amount of oil here each and every day.

[madeline_con]

72. See post # 71

I noticed there's really no way to be sure it gets to the poor, except to lower prices in certain neighborhoods whitey is afraid of.

When I bought $2.61/ gal gas all the gas guzzlers were in line, too. :(

[Gman]

25. There's a big Citgo refinery in Pasadena

southeast of Houston and another smaller one in Corpus Christi. Here's hoping they'll survive Rita and can handle the extra crude. That should put some downward pressure on gas prices.

[Demeter]

26. Gasoline @ $2.40/gallon yesterday at my Friendly CITGO Station

and up to $2.75 elsewhere in town. Viva Chavez!

[madeline_con]

73. I'm in Central FL....

Citgo's at $2.61. Where's the $2.41 gas?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

27. Heeeeeeh. Kill them with kindness.

:thumbsup:

[AllieB]

28. What a great gesture by a true leader

It's a shame that this will be lost on Bush, who couldn't lead a pre-school reading group.

[sarcasmo]

30. Is there a Hugo avatar available?

[rman]

36. what he said

[Robeson]

43. What both of you said -- I third that....

[kick-ass-bob]

48. I have one as my avatar.

You have to pull it off of there, though.

[madeline_con]

74. Who's that other guy with his thumb up his a$$?

:rofl:

[sarcasmo]

31. Is there a Hugo avatar available?

[damntexdem]

32. Need them in Houston right now.

And they might have already been there, had the Bushistas cooperated with Chavez rather than threatening him.

Join the buy-cott: fill up at CITGO!

[Megahurtz]

33. What a Great Guy!

Thank you, Mr. Chavez!

[JNelson6563]

35. This is brilliant

and I might add, the mirror opposite fo what the simian would do.

Julie

[NinetySix]

37. Viva el Presidente Hugo Chavez!

Y muchas gracias por el ayudar!

[rateyes]

42. Si,

muchas gracias, senor Chavez.

[chiffon]

38. meh lova me somma Hugo...What a class act!

:kick:

[Lisa]

39. regardless of what one thinks of Chavez -- this is brilliant showmanship

If Bush had any brains, he'd be trying to hire Chavez to think up photo-ops for him! All that running around trying to come up with a post-Katrina "bullhorn moment" ... and Chavez just strolls in like this. Funniest thing I've heard all week!

Of course, this is Bush we're talking about here ... ego in reverse proportion to brains ... so it won't happen.

[olddad56]

40. I wonder which refinery will reap the profits from this windfall....

It won't be the people who were intended to. Just like foreign aid to any other third world country, it won't reach the victims.

[buddysmellgood]

44. Citgo, the right way to go. I only gas up there. But mostly, I bike.

[symbolman]

45. CHAVEZ FOR PREZ!

Viva La Chavez!

I'm just about ready to grab a camera and go tell this great man that I would like to film him and tell the world about him..

[ladylibertee]

46. You know what's funny? I bet Pat Robertson is the FIRST in line for the

gas.LOL Can you say HYPOCRITE !!!!!:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Busshianic]

47. Check out "The revolution will not be televised" its a documntry on Chavez

This is one of the best documentaries of all time, It documents, on video, the coup which overthrew him, and the mass media manipulation which fostered it. Its extremely intense and quite riveting.

http://www.chavezthefilm.com/html/film/home_film.htm

[newyawker99]

65. Hi Busshianic!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Mika]

49. PDVSA should rename the tanker ships..

.. to (for example)..

No More Mr Danger
Socialismo Sí
Viva Cuba
No Blood for Oil

[chat_noir]

53. Chavez staying true to pledge for U.S. poor

Chavez staying true to pledge for U.S. poor

Citgo officials scrambling to fine-tune Venezuelan leader's promise of cheap oil

When Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on the weekend that he was going to open the taps on subsidized heating oil for poor folks in the United States, many assumed it was a drive-by comment aimed at raising the ire of his frequent critics in Washington.

But, as it turns out, Mr. Chavez is a man of his word.

Officials at Citgo Petroleum Corp. -- the Houston-based company that is wholly owned by Venezuela's state-owned energy company -- say they are scrambling to put the fine points on Mr. Chavez's promise to supply some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the United States with cheap heating oil this winter.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20050923.CHAVEZ23/TPStory/TPInternational/

[0007]

54. Good Hugo, he is indeed a man of his word. Unlike junior!

[tainowarrior]

55. Is there a Chavez Avatar?

God, I'd like one.

[kick-ass-bob]

60. You can pull it off of mine.

:thumbsup:

[Missy M]

56. Our country is in a sad state of affairs when we have to go outside...

of the country to get help for the poorest neighborhoods. President Chavez is vilified by this administration for working to help the poor and remain a man of his word. We must change this country and give it back to ALL citizens. The time is now.

[ladylibertee]

57. Chavez ! Chavez ! Chavez !

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Busshianic]

58. Watch the movie "The revolution will not be televised" its a must see

Its one of the best films of all time. It chronicles the coup which overthrew him, the media manipulation, mass propaganda, etc. They got it all on video and its mind blowingly intense.

http://www.chavezthefilm.com/html/home.htm

[RethugAssKicker]

63. How can we watch it??.. Theres no link to the video.

[killbotfactory]

64. you have to download it

or find a screening

chomskytorrents.org has it

[CatBoreal]

59. VIVA CHAVEZ

:bounce:

[bamacrat]

61. Well now B*sh is going to have a hard time killing him.

For a minute, then he'll do his bouncy shoulders laugh.

[Name removed]

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[kitty1]

69. ding ding ding....we have a winner!

Chavez is doing a brilliant PR campaign. The more Chavez comes through for America and shows his genuine concern, the more benign Bush looks in comparison. Bush would look like a total ass if he started threatening Chavez now. Bush having to rely on his enemy for help must be killing him.

[TexasLawyer]

70. Hey-- Send some to Houston

We're out of gasoline-- really! When a gas station gets a shipment it's reported on the TV news, then cars line up 100 deep. The station needs the police to keep order.

[madeline_con]

71. I bought Citgo for $2.61/gallon yesterday....

DOWN from $2.71 on Friday.

(originally posted on the other thread of the same title, it was locked)