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Chavez Uses Oil Profits to Build Political Power (Made as much as Exxon but no MSM coverage)
ABC News ^ | May 25, 2006 | JIM SCIUTTO

Posted on 08/14/2008 5:37:49 PM PDT by xmission

With $1 billion a month in state oil profits, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has converted cash into political clout.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: chavez; energy; exxon; geopolitics; hugochavez; latinamerica; msm; oil; venezuela; windfallprofits
Seems this didn't make news back in May, and wasn't mentioned when Exxon was being villainized.
1 posted on 08/14/2008 5:37:49 PM PDT by xmission
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To: xmission

It’s OK because the profits went to a government.

As far as the MSM is concerned, that’s identical to saying “the profits went to G-d.”


2 posted on 08/14/2008 5:45:13 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Without the second, the rest are just politicians' BS.)
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To: xmission

Chavez = fascist pig.


3 posted on 08/15/2008 3:58:28 AM PDT by wolf78
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To: xmission

That’s because it’s state owned. According to our “unbiased” media that is OK. The “people” own it, you see.


4 posted on 08/15/2008 8:48:33 AM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: xmission
21st Century Socialism
5 posted on 08/19/2008 5:10:41 AM PDT by alrea
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To: alrea

Link doesn’t work.


6 posted on 08/19/2008 2:46:08 PM PDT by xmission (Democrats have killed our Soldiers by rewarding the enemy for brutality)
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