The Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) announced, in an official communique, its decision to suspend commercial relations as well as the oil and products supply to Exxon Mobil due to the legal actions carried out by ExxonMobil against PDVSA.
In this regard, PDVSA has suspended oil sales to ExxonMobil, considering that the behavior assumed by the aforesaid North American company represents an abuse against Venezuela and against the commercial relations.
“PDVSA will honor thoroughly contractual agreements related to joint investments with ExxonMobil, PDVSA reserves the right to finish those contracts which provisions allow a termination”, reads the document.
By other hand, Venezuelan oil industry stressed that the transitory measures requested by ExxonMobil do not correspond with the economic and financial stability of PDVSA, which assets are over 109 billion dollars, nor with its payment history, nor the assets of the transnational in Venezuelan territory.
In this sense, the document reads that “the legal actions carried out by the North American transnational are unnecessary, intimidator, and aggressive against PDVSA”.
Likewise, it is important to remember that the legal actions against the Venezuelan oil company came after the decision of the Venezuelan State of nationalizing the Orinoco Oil Belt last May 1, 2007, based on the decree 5,200 dated on February 27 of the same year.
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Venezuelan Government Official Calls U.S. Threat Assessment “False and Dishonest”
The administration of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is part of a “small group of radical populist governments” that run counter to the “dominant trend” toward democracy in Latin America with a “competing vision that appeals to many of the region’s poor,” according to the Annual Threat Assessment of the United States Intelligence Community. Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell reported that Venezuela’s “continued regional activism” pushes an anti-U.S. message on other Latin American nations, sometimes financially.
"Inspired and supported by Venezuela and Cuba, leaders in Bolivia, Nicaragua and -more tentatively- Ecuador are pursuing agendas that undercut checks and balances on presidential power, seek lengthy presidential terms, weaken media and civil liberties, and emphasize economic nationalism at the expense of market-based approaches," McConnell testified before the U.S. Congress on February 5th.
Carlos Escarrá, the Vice President of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Venezuelan National Assembly, called many aspects of the testimony “false, dishonest, and injurious.” He brought attention to the fact that the United States has invaded and kidnapped the presidents of Latin American countries and supported the April 2002 coup against President Hugo Chávez.
“Venezuela, on the other hand, in compliance with articles 152 and 153 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, has full respect for the sovereignty of other states,” Escarrá asserted.
McConnell predicted that the Chávez administration will “generously finance” the presidential campaign of the Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation (FMLN) in El Salvador in the elections set for March 2009. Salvadoran President Antonio Saca said this act of “interference” would be “unacceptable”.
FMLN candidate Mauricio Funes denied plans to receive funds from Venezuela and claims that his party proposed a campaign finance control law in the congress four years ago, but “the rightist parties have not wanted to pass that law.”
Another problem highlighted by the intelligence director is “the determination of the Cuban leadership to ignore outside pressure to carry out significant economic reforms,” which is “reinforced” by Venezuela`s support for its “key ideological ally.”
The report also expressed concern about the “rapport” that Chávez has built up with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Nicaraguan President Carlos Ortega, both of whom have been rivals of the United States since the 1980s. Venezuela and Nicaragua recently proposed a joint military force for Latin America, and inaugurated a corn processing plant intended to combat food shortages, facilitated by a technology transfer from Iran.
Venezuela’s National Assembly defended its policies, stating, “we believe in a multipolar world, where among equals we can construct a distinct humanity.”
President Chávez is “incapable of meddling with other countries,” Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa chimed in supportively, praising Chávez’s “sincere desire to help” and a firm commitment to Latin American integration and solidarity.
McConnell further criticized the Venezuelan government’s “lack of antidrug cooperation,” accusing Venezuela of facilitating the flow of drugs in the past three years.
The Director of the Venezuelan National Antidrug Office (ONA), Colonel Néstor Reverol, called U.S. claims that Venezuela is trafficking drugs “irresponsible, baseless, and aimed at creating a biased negative opinion at the national and international level.” Reverol called attention to the fact that for the third consecutive year, Venezuela ranks third in drug confiscation worldwide, according to the United Nations World Drug Report from 2007.
The Venezuelan National Assembly accused the United States government of carrying out a prolonged destabilization campaign in Venezuela, claiming that “the United States government is behind every lackey of the opposition that is pursuing a distorted campaign about what is happening in Venezuela.” This follows Chávez’s allegation in late January that “the US empire is creating conditions to generate an armed conflict between Colombia and Venezuela.”
“I can guarantee that the United States government has no intention, no plan and absolutely no expectation of invading, attacking or interfering in the affairs of any other country in the region,” responded U.S. Embassador to Colombia William Brownfield, who is the former U.S. Embassador to Venezuela.
McConnell suggested public opinion may be shifting against Chávez, whose “leadership ambitions are likely to encounter growing opposition as time passes.” The intelligence director added that the narrow electoral defeat of the proposed constitutional reform referendum last December was a “major psychological boost” to Chávez`s middle class opposition, but high oil prices will allow Chávez to maintain significant support from his base and “continue co-opting some members of the economic elite who are profiting from the consumer-led boom.”
2007 public opinion polls conducted by the independent Venezuelan polling firm Datanalisis showed 64.7% approval of Hugo Chávez´s presidency. In Latin America-wide polls by the Chilean non-profit NGO Latinobarometro, Venezuela ranked second only to Uruguay in public satisfaction with democracy in their country.
"Inspired and supported by Venezuela and Cuba, leaders in Bolivia, Nicaragua and -more tentatively- Ecuador are pursuing agendas that undercut checks and balances on presidential power, seek lengthy presidential terms, weaken media and civil liberties, and emphasize economic nationalism at the expense of market-based approaches," McConnell testified before the U.S. Congress on February 5th.
Carlos Escarrá, the Vice President of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Venezuelan National Assembly, called many aspects of the testimony “false, dishonest, and injurious.” He brought attention to the fact that the United States has invaded and kidnapped the presidents of Latin American countries and supported the April 2002 coup against President Hugo Chávez.
“Venezuela, on the other hand, in compliance with articles 152 and 153 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, has full respect for the sovereignty of other states,” Escarrá asserted.
McConnell predicted that the Chávez administration will “generously finance” the presidential campaign of the Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation (FMLN) in El Salvador in the elections set for March 2009. Salvadoran President Antonio Saca said this act of “interference” would be “unacceptable”.
FMLN candidate Mauricio Funes denied plans to receive funds from Venezuela and claims that his party proposed a campaign finance control law in the congress four years ago, but “the rightist parties have not wanted to pass that law.”
Another problem highlighted by the intelligence director is “the determination of the Cuban leadership to ignore outside pressure to carry out significant economic reforms,” which is “reinforced” by Venezuela`s support for its “key ideological ally.”
The report also expressed concern about the “rapport” that Chávez has built up with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Nicaraguan President Carlos Ortega, both of whom have been rivals of the United States since the 1980s. Venezuela and Nicaragua recently proposed a joint military force for Latin America, and inaugurated a corn processing plant intended to combat food shortages, facilitated by a technology transfer from Iran.
Venezuela’s National Assembly defended its policies, stating, “we believe in a multipolar world, where among equals we can construct a distinct humanity.”
President Chávez is “incapable of meddling with other countries,” Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa chimed in supportively, praising Chávez’s “sincere desire to help” and a firm commitment to Latin American integration and solidarity.
McConnell further criticized the Venezuelan government’s “lack of antidrug cooperation,” accusing Venezuela of facilitating the flow of drugs in the past three years.
The Director of the Venezuelan National Antidrug Office (ONA), Colonel Néstor Reverol, called U.S. claims that Venezuela is trafficking drugs “irresponsible, baseless, and aimed at creating a biased negative opinion at the national and international level.” Reverol called attention to the fact that for the third consecutive year, Venezuela ranks third in drug confiscation worldwide, according to the United Nations World Drug Report from 2007.
The Venezuelan National Assembly accused the United States government of carrying out a prolonged destabilization campaign in Venezuela, claiming that “the United States government is behind every lackey of the opposition that is pursuing a distorted campaign about what is happening in Venezuela.” This follows Chávez’s allegation in late January that “the US empire is creating conditions to generate an armed conflict between Colombia and Venezuela.”
“I can guarantee that the United States government has no intention, no plan and absolutely no expectation of invading, attacking or interfering in the affairs of any other country in the region,” responded U.S. Embassador to Colombia William Brownfield, who is the former U.S. Embassador to Venezuela.
McConnell suggested public opinion may be shifting against Chávez, whose “leadership ambitions are likely to encounter growing opposition as time passes.” The intelligence director added that the narrow electoral defeat of the proposed constitutional reform referendum last December was a “major psychological boost” to Chávez`s middle class opposition, but high oil prices will allow Chávez to maintain significant support from his base and “continue co-opting some members of the economic elite who are profiting from the consumer-led boom.”
2007 public opinion polls conducted by the independent Venezuelan polling firm Datanalisis showed 64.7% approval of Hugo Chávez´s presidency. In Latin America-wide polls by the Chilean non-profit NGO Latinobarometro, Venezuela ranked second only to Uruguay in public satisfaction with democracy in their country.
Exxon will Never Again Steal from Venezuela Says Chavez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez classified the intention of the worlds largest oil company, ExxonMobil, to freeze assets of state-owned Venezuelan oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), as part of a US government backed "economic war" and destabilization campaign against his government and the people of Venezuela. Chavez vowed that the Venezuelan government would not be intimidated.
"They will never rob us again, those bandits of ExxonMobil, they are imperialist bandits, white collar criminals, corruptors of governments, over-throwers of governments, who supported the invasion and bombing of Iraq and continue supporting the genocide in Iraq," he said on his weekly TV show ‘Alo Presidente.'
Last week, Exxon said it won temporary court orders in the UK, the Netherlands, and the Dutch Antilles to freeze PDVSA assets worth up to $12 billion, in a dispute over compensation for a 41.7% stake (worth $750m), in the Cerro Negro exploration project in the Orinoco oil field. The project was nationalized by the Venezuelan government in May last year as part of a drive to gain majority state participation in the country's oil production joint ventures.
Other major oil companies including U.S.-based Chevron Corp., France's Total, Britain's BP PLC, and Norway's Statoil negotiated deals with Venezuela to remain on as minority partners in the Orinoco oil belt projects.
However, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, rejected the changed conditions and have been in compensation talks with PDVSA. A spokesperson for ConocoPhillips said they are seeking an "amicable resolution" with the Venezuelan government.
ExxonMobil rejected an initial compensation offer by the Venezuelan government and is seeking arbitration. Another injunction solicited by ExxonMobil in a New York court in January also froze up to $315 million in funds owned by the Venezuelan oil company.
However, all of the court orders are subject to appeal and the Venezuelan government is set to challenge the injunctions in New York and London on the 13th and 22nd of February respectively.
Chavez has warned that if the injunctions are not overturned Venezuela will suspend oil shipments to the United States.
"If you freeze us, if you really manage to freeze us, if you damage us, then we will hurt you. Do you know how? We are not going to send oil to the United States," he said.
Venezuela is the U.S.'s fourth largest oil supplier behind Canada, Saudi Arabia and Mexico. According to the latest figures from the U.S. Energy Department, Venezuela accounted for 12% of U.S. crude oil imports in November, supplying some 1.23 million barrels a day.
"Take note, Mr. Bush, Mr. Danger. If the economic war continues against Venezuela, the price of oil will reach $200. Venezuela will take up the economic war and more than one country is inclined to join us," he added.
Nicaragua's President, Daniel Ortega, backed up Chavez's stance, saying the move by Exxon in conjunction with recent comments attacking Venezuela by US National Intelligence Chief, Mike McConnell showed "a clear imperialist offensive against Venezuela."
"What I want to say to President Chavez and to the Venezuelan people is that they can count on the unconditional solidarity and approval of the Nicaraguan people," Ortega added.
PDVSA, which accounts for some 90% of Venezuela's foreign exchange and half of federal tax revenue, has been central to the Chavez government's policy of wealth distribution through funding immensely popular social programs that provide free education and healthcare to the poor. In 2006 the government invested more than $13 billion in such programs.
Venezuela's predominantly wealthy opposition sectors, hostile to Chavez's nationalization and wealth distribution policies, blamed the government for Exxon's injunctions, arguing the oil project "should never have been nationalized in the first place."
However, Chavez pointed to the two-month oil industry shutdown, orchestrated by the opposition in an attempt to oust him from government in 2002-2003, which caused an estimated $10 billion worth of damage to the economy and said there are some Venezuelans that want to destroy PDVSA.
Similarly, Venezuela's Ambassador in London, Samuel Moncada also criticized the "anti-national conduct of some Venezuelans," specifically the owners and workers of private TV station Globovision, "who demonstrated their open and unconditional support" for the attacks of ExxonMobil against Venezuelan interests.
In contrast, the actions by ExxonMobil have angered many poorer Venezuelans who view the move as an attack on Venezuela's sovereignty and who have organized protests around the country. Oil workers in the Cerro Negro project, (renamed Petromonagas), rejected the judicial actions of ExxonMobil as completely unacceptable. Union leader Luis Carvajal said, "This transnational has exploited our wealth, has exploited our workers and violated our rights - all the workers in the Orinoco oil belt support the nationalization."
Stalin Pérez Borges, national coordinator of the National Union of Workers said the injunctions are "a political-economic attack that is part of a plan against the revolutionary process."
The founding congress of the new United Socialist Party of Venezuela has passed a resolution calling for demonstrations against ExxonMobil this Thursday in Caracas and in Maracaibo, in the oil rich state of Zulia.
"They will never rob us again, those bandits of ExxonMobil, they are imperialist bandits, white collar criminals, corruptors of governments, over-throwers of governments, who supported the invasion and bombing of Iraq and continue supporting the genocide in Iraq," he said on his weekly TV show ‘Alo Presidente.'
Last week, Exxon said it won temporary court orders in the UK, the Netherlands, and the Dutch Antilles to freeze PDVSA assets worth up to $12 billion, in a dispute over compensation for a 41.7% stake (worth $750m), in the Cerro Negro exploration project in the Orinoco oil field. The project was nationalized by the Venezuelan government in May last year as part of a drive to gain majority state participation in the country's oil production joint ventures.
Other major oil companies including U.S.-based Chevron Corp., France's Total, Britain's BP PLC, and Norway's Statoil negotiated deals with Venezuela to remain on as minority partners in the Orinoco oil belt projects.
However, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, rejected the changed conditions and have been in compensation talks with PDVSA. A spokesperson for ConocoPhillips said they are seeking an "amicable resolution" with the Venezuelan government.
ExxonMobil rejected an initial compensation offer by the Venezuelan government and is seeking arbitration. Another injunction solicited by ExxonMobil in a New York court in January also froze up to $315 million in funds owned by the Venezuelan oil company.
However, all of the court orders are subject to appeal and the Venezuelan government is set to challenge the injunctions in New York and London on the 13th and 22nd of February respectively.
Chavez has warned that if the injunctions are not overturned Venezuela will suspend oil shipments to the United States.
"If you freeze us, if you really manage to freeze us, if you damage us, then we will hurt you. Do you know how? We are not going to send oil to the United States," he said.
Venezuela is the U.S.'s fourth largest oil supplier behind Canada, Saudi Arabia and Mexico. According to the latest figures from the U.S. Energy Department, Venezuela accounted for 12% of U.S. crude oil imports in November, supplying some 1.23 million barrels a day.
"Take note, Mr. Bush, Mr. Danger. If the economic war continues against Venezuela, the price of oil will reach $200. Venezuela will take up the economic war and more than one country is inclined to join us," he added.
Nicaragua's President, Daniel Ortega, backed up Chavez's stance, saying the move by Exxon in conjunction with recent comments attacking Venezuela by US National Intelligence Chief, Mike McConnell showed "a clear imperialist offensive against Venezuela."
"What I want to say to President Chavez and to the Venezuelan people is that they can count on the unconditional solidarity and approval of the Nicaraguan people," Ortega added.
PDVSA, which accounts for some 90% of Venezuela's foreign exchange and half of federal tax revenue, has been central to the Chavez government's policy of wealth distribution through funding immensely popular social programs that provide free education and healthcare to the poor. In 2006 the government invested more than $13 billion in such programs.
Venezuela's predominantly wealthy opposition sectors, hostile to Chavez's nationalization and wealth distribution policies, blamed the government for Exxon's injunctions, arguing the oil project "should never have been nationalized in the first place."
However, Chavez pointed to the two-month oil industry shutdown, orchestrated by the opposition in an attempt to oust him from government in 2002-2003, which caused an estimated $10 billion worth of damage to the economy and said there are some Venezuelans that want to destroy PDVSA.
Similarly, Venezuela's Ambassador in London, Samuel Moncada also criticized the "anti-national conduct of some Venezuelans," specifically the owners and workers of private TV station Globovision, "who demonstrated their open and unconditional support" for the attacks of ExxonMobil against Venezuelan interests.
In contrast, the actions by ExxonMobil have angered many poorer Venezuelans who view the move as an attack on Venezuela's sovereignty and who have organized protests around the country. Oil workers in the Cerro Negro project, (renamed Petromonagas), rejected the judicial actions of ExxonMobil as completely unacceptable. Union leader Luis Carvajal said, "This transnational has exploited our wealth, has exploited our workers and violated our rights - all the workers in the Orinoco oil belt support the nationalization."
Stalin Pérez Borges, national coordinator of the National Union of Workers said the injunctions are "a political-economic attack that is part of a plan against the revolutionary process."
The founding congress of the new United Socialist Party of Venezuela has passed a resolution calling for demonstrations against ExxonMobil this Thursday in Caracas and in Maracaibo, in the oil rich state of Zulia.
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Bush administration is behind the aggression of Exxon Mobil against Venezuela
The government of the United States has designed and executed a new action of attack against the Venezuelan people and its decision to obtain total sovereignty on his power resources. The Bolivariana Republic of Venezuela has the greater registered reserves of the world, calculated in 316 billion petroleum barrels, and counts on a Government who has solved to make the national sovereignty in oil and gas matter effective. The Bush administration had tried, in two occasions, to destabilize to the Bolivariana Revolution and to affect the Venezuelan people by means of the beginning of a sabotage scheme its oil industry. The operations of sabotage and destabilization to PDVSA made by mandate of the Bush administration were made during year 2002. First, which it involved the paralization of the Petroleum activities of Venezuela, it lead to the brief coup d'etat, perpetrated the 11 of April of that year and included the kidnapping of president Chávez and the attempt of destitution of all the National Assembly, the General Office of the public prosecutor of the Republic and the Supreme Court of Justice. The second operation began in December of that same year and it was materialized in the sabotage to the workings of PDVSA, during a period of 63 days, with the intention to break the popular will and breaks the Constitutional order of Venezuela. The new aggression of Bush is materialized in this opportunity with the putting in scene of an orchestrated international campaign in name of the American transnational company Exxon Mobil. In answer to this aggression, minister of the Popular Power for the Energy and Petroleum and president of PDVSA, Rafael Ramirez, affirmed today that he is the "typical transnational company that historically has tried to attack the petroleum-producing countries and to impose its points of view with respect to the handling of the natural resources",. The internacionalist Lilliam Oviedo says that, the Exxon Mobil is not only "the company that more money contributed for the electoral campaign of George W. Bush and for the maneuvers by means of which he was placed in the Presidency in January of 2001, but in addition a company to great influence in the decision making in the matter of foreign policy of the United States".
The invasion of Iraq is not accidental
In agreement with the opinion of numerous international analysts, among them the American film director Michael Moore, the war and invasion untied against Iraq on the part of the United States, never was based on the supposed existence of arms of massive destruction, although that is the outside used excuse hundreds of times by Bush and the civil employees of his Government. Rather, he was based on the necessity "to control and to operate Iraqian petroleum using his sale to pay to the cost of the conflict and the later occupation, benefitting the allied oil industry through awardings of operation and the beneficiaries, as Exxon Mobil and Chevron Texaco, allowing those companies to control the price of the crude at world-wide level". These affirmations, published in the editorial of the digital magazine Kalegorria are verified with the enormous historical gains by oil income that the company has obtained in the recent years.
The oil maffia in the United States governs an elite that own president Bush. Director and shareholder of the company Arbusto Oil and Harken, which relations with the great world-wide power companies are well-known. The vice-president, Dick Cheney, was the executive director of the company of oil provisions Halliburton. Highly benefitted by the hirings that have received for the "reconstruction" of Iraq, this company maintained wage relations with Cheney although this one already was a high civil employee of the North American government.
According to denunciations of the writer John Byrne "the value of the options shareholders of vice-president Dick Cheney in Halliburton happened of 241 thousand 498 dollars in 2004 to more than 8 million dollars in 2005, an increase superior to the 3 thousand percent, that still could grow much more if Halliburton continues obtaining thousand from million dollars in contracts of the government of the U.S.A. without licitation nor audits". The Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice makes not difference of the rest of her companions in Government. Her passage by the North American transnational company Chevron Texaco with the director position, did that until an enormous freighter of the company of 130 thousand tons was baptized with her name.Those are the actors, who taking all their power into the scene, intervene in the world-wide power crisis.
USA, Bush, Venezuela, Chavez, ALBA, Latinamerica, oil, oilwars, credit crisis, dollar,
The invasion of Iraq is not accidental
In agreement with the opinion of numerous international analysts, among them the American film director Michael Moore, the war and invasion untied against Iraq on the part of the United States, never was based on the supposed existence of arms of massive destruction, although that is the outside used excuse hundreds of times by Bush and the civil employees of his Government. Rather, he was based on the necessity "to control and to operate Iraqian petroleum using his sale to pay to the cost of the conflict and the later occupation, benefitting the allied oil industry through awardings of operation and the beneficiaries, as Exxon Mobil and Chevron Texaco, allowing those companies to control the price of the crude at world-wide level". These affirmations, published in the editorial of the digital magazine Kalegorria are verified with the enormous historical gains by oil income that the company has obtained in the recent years.
The oil maffia in the United States governs an elite that own president Bush. Director and shareholder of the company Arbusto Oil and Harken, which relations with the great world-wide power companies are well-known. The vice-president, Dick Cheney, was the executive director of the company of oil provisions Halliburton. Highly benefitted by the hirings that have received for the "reconstruction" of Iraq, this company maintained wage relations with Cheney although this one already was a high civil employee of the North American government.
According to denunciations of the writer John Byrne "the value of the options shareholders of vice-president Dick Cheney in Halliburton happened of 241 thousand 498 dollars in 2004 to more than 8 million dollars in 2005, an increase superior to the 3 thousand percent, that still could grow much more if Halliburton continues obtaining thousand from million dollars in contracts of the government of the U.S.A. without licitation nor audits". The Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice makes not difference of the rest of her companions in Government. Her passage by the North American transnational company Chevron Texaco with the director position, did that until an enormous freighter of the company of 130 thousand tons was baptized with her name.Those are the actors, who taking all their power into the scene, intervene in the world-wide power crisis.
USA, Bush, Venezuela, Chavez, ALBA, Latinamerica, oil, oilwars, credit crisis, dollar,
Exxon Mobil' version aims to create international instability for Venezuela
The version spread by the US oil company Exxon Mobil in which courts of United Kingdom, Holland and the Netherlands Antilles allegedly ordered to freeze about $12,000 million in Pdvsa's oil assets in the world, is part of a campaign to create international chaos against Venezuela, David Paravisini, former president of the Energy and Mines Commission of the extinct senate of the Republic, said on Friday.
The oil expert said that the information spread by the oil multinational 'is an abusive situation; it is a violation without limits on the fringes of the law,' because the information put in risk the national and regional stability.
Paravisini explained that Exxon's reaction is caused by the decision taken by the Venezuelan government after assuming most of the oil profits in the Orinoco Oil Belt.
After the decision taken by the Bolivarian government, most of the oil companies operating in the zone accepted to keep minority participation in the exploitation projects.
However, Exxon Mobil and Conoco Phillips left the projects arguing that their economic interests were dismissed because they do not have most of the shares.
The Orinoco Oil Belt is labeled as the zone with the greatest reserves of heavy and extra-heavy oil in the world, which means that Venezuela would become into the greatest oil powerful country.
The social, political and economic development of Venezuela and the rest of the Latin American nations, which is aimed at guarantying their energy sovereignty and economic independence through the nationalization process of their energy resources as oil and gas, is a huge threat for the capitalist interests of the United States.
Condoleezza Rice and the US interference
According to the international analyst José Antonio Egido, US Secretary of State's recent visit in Colombia was aimed at giving incentives to the confrontation with Venezuela, because 'Colombia's role in South America is similar to Israel' role in the Middle East,' Egido said.
He added that the United States seeks 'to control the imperialist interests against the people's longing for independence and freedom.'
In the White House, Condoleezza Rice has been one of the US government's members that have given more support to the military conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq in the so-called 'war against terror.' Likewise, she is alleged to be one of the main creators of the Bush's shady doctrine on the preventive measures taken against those nations labeled by the Pentagon as a threat for the United States.
Before becoming one of the most influential member of Bush administration, Condoleezza was the chief of the oil company Chevron-Texaco, in which she was shareholder and administrator.
Chevron is the new name of Standard Oil Company of California. Exxon-Mobile, first oil multinational with profits up to $242 billion, emerged from Standard Oil Company.
The oil expert said that the information spread by the oil multinational 'is an abusive situation; it is a violation without limits on the fringes of the law,' because the information put in risk the national and regional stability.
Paravisini explained that Exxon's reaction is caused by the decision taken by the Venezuelan government after assuming most of the oil profits in the Orinoco Oil Belt.
After the decision taken by the Bolivarian government, most of the oil companies operating in the zone accepted to keep minority participation in the exploitation projects.
However, Exxon Mobil and Conoco Phillips left the projects arguing that their economic interests were dismissed because they do not have most of the shares.
The Orinoco Oil Belt is labeled as the zone with the greatest reserves of heavy and extra-heavy oil in the world, which means that Venezuela would become into the greatest oil powerful country.
The social, political and economic development of Venezuela and the rest of the Latin American nations, which is aimed at guarantying their energy sovereignty and economic independence through the nationalization process of their energy resources as oil and gas, is a huge threat for the capitalist interests of the United States.
Condoleezza Rice and the US interference
According to the international analyst José Antonio Egido, US Secretary of State's recent visit in Colombia was aimed at giving incentives to the confrontation with Venezuela, because 'Colombia's role in South America is similar to Israel' role in the Middle East,' Egido said.
He added that the United States seeks 'to control the imperialist interests against the people's longing for independence and freedom.'
In the White House, Condoleezza Rice has been one of the US government's members that have given more support to the military conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq in the so-called 'war against terror.' Likewise, she is alleged to be one of the main creators of the Bush's shady doctrine on the preventive measures taken against those nations labeled by the Pentagon as a threat for the United States.
Before becoming one of the most influential member of Bush administration, Condoleezza was the chief of the oil company Chevron-Texaco, in which she was shareholder and administrator.
Chevron is the new name of Standard Oil Company of California. Exxon-Mobile, first oil multinational with profits up to $242 billion, emerged from Standard Oil Company.
British courts' decision on Exxon affair is illegal
The president of the National Assembly's Energy and Mines Committee, Angel Rodriguez, rejected the ilegal judicial decision on behalf of British, US and Dutch courts, of freezing the Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) assets in their countries, as part of a lawsuit brought by the US Exxon Mobil, due to the nationalization of the Orinoco Belt, which took place last May.
“This process has been part of the full oil sovereignty exercise on Venezuelan territory, so any argument or lawsuit is incumbent only in national courts. Thus, the National Assembly categorically rejects the oil transnational company intentions of having influence on the international arbitration, which is a colonialist practice established on the oil opening in the nineties and which is contrary to the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”
Rodriguez indicated that this judicial ruse intends to have influence on the allocation of oil reserve areas in Venezuela, because the Bolivarian Government has established multipolar principles when finding hydrocarbon partners, varying the countries with which they associate and giving privilege to the policies which seek for the Latin American and Caribbean unity.
“This has bothered the imperialist countries at North America and Europe, which were used to the subordinate practices of the Fourth Republic administrations, which gave to these nations the monopoly in the relations of national crude exploitation.”
The lawgiver remarked the complete independence of the Venezuelan State on the allocation of future areas at the Petroleum Belt, the greatest liquid hydrocarbons reserve in the world.
He recalled that the courts which, infringing the more basic norms of civil coexistence, intend to apply colonialist practices from the XIX century, coincidently belong to the judicial systems of countries which have supported and validate invasion, destabilization and violation of human rights in Iraq, Afghanistan, Falkland Islands and several African countries, among others.
“The Venezuelan State's oil policies aim the collective well-being, so any intention of putting pressure on the Bolivarian Government will not succeed. These practices are a result of the developed nations and their companies' desperation, due to the irrational use and subsequent depletion of their energetic resources.”
Rodriguez highlighted that the developed and transnational countries have already accepted that they have consumed more than the half of the conventional oil over the planet, and that maybe the petroleum peak was reached in March 2005, previous step to the decline of conventional oil world production, so Venezuela reiterates its solidarity commitment with all the countries in Planet Earth which need the resource.
“This process has been part of the full oil sovereignty exercise on Venezuelan territory, so any argument or lawsuit is incumbent only in national courts. Thus, the National Assembly categorically rejects the oil transnational company intentions of having influence on the international arbitration, which is a colonialist practice established on the oil opening in the nineties and which is contrary to the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”
Rodriguez indicated that this judicial ruse intends to have influence on the allocation of oil reserve areas in Venezuela, because the Bolivarian Government has established multipolar principles when finding hydrocarbon partners, varying the countries with which they associate and giving privilege to the policies which seek for the Latin American and Caribbean unity.
“This has bothered the imperialist countries at North America and Europe, which were used to the subordinate practices of the Fourth Republic administrations, which gave to these nations the monopoly in the relations of national crude exploitation.”
The lawgiver remarked the complete independence of the Venezuelan State on the allocation of future areas at the Petroleum Belt, the greatest liquid hydrocarbons reserve in the world.
He recalled that the courts which, infringing the more basic norms of civil coexistence, intend to apply colonialist practices from the XIX century, coincidently belong to the judicial systems of countries which have supported and validate invasion, destabilization and violation of human rights in Iraq, Afghanistan, Falkland Islands and several African countries, among others.
“The Venezuelan State's oil policies aim the collective well-being, so any intention of putting pressure on the Bolivarian Government will not succeed. These practices are a result of the developed nations and their companies' desperation, due to the irrational use and subsequent depletion of their energetic resources.”
Rodriguez highlighted that the developed and transnational countries have already accepted that they have consumed more than the half of the conventional oil over the planet, and that maybe the petroleum peak was reached in March 2005, previous step to the decline of conventional oil world production, so Venezuela reiterates its solidarity commitment with all the countries in Planet Earth which need the resource.
Minister Ramírez denounces mass media campaign against PDVSA
The Minister of the People's Power for Energy and Petroleum and President of the Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Rafael Ramírez, denounced a mass media campaign based on the ignorance to manipulate the Exxon Mobil case, in which the North American oil company informed about an alleged freezing of some PDVSA properties.
“I am worried that national mass media have such ignorance about this situation and the intention to manipulate it. I reject the sad and grotesque position of some national sectors that have a party going on supporting the interests of transnational companies”, he stated.
Furthermore, Ramírez was categorical denying the information campaign: “they are publishing that our company has 12 billion dollars in assets frozen, which is totally false”, he added.
Ramírez explained that there is not a final decision yet of the court against PDVSA, but just a preliminary or transitory measure while PDVSA presents its position defending the interests of the Republic.
“We are not going to be scared or move back in the sovereign decisions of our country regarding the use of our natural resources”, he stressed.
In addition, he pointed out that this situation “does not affect at all our cash flow nor the operations of the Industry that is running at 100%”.
“I am worried that national mass media have such ignorance about this situation and the intention to manipulate it. I reject the sad and grotesque position of some national sectors that have a party going on supporting the interests of transnational companies”, he stated.
Furthermore, Ramírez was categorical denying the information campaign: “they are publishing that our company has 12 billion dollars in assets frozen, which is totally false”, he added.
Ramírez explained that there is not a final decision yet of the court against PDVSA, but just a preliminary or transitory measure while PDVSA presents its position defending the interests of the Republic.
“We are not going to be scared or move back in the sovereign decisions of our country regarding the use of our natural resources”, he stressed.
In addition, he pointed out that this situation “does not affect at all our cash flow nor the operations of the Industry that is running at 100%”.
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