Posted on 04/10/2005 9:28:31 PM PDT by Coleus
In early March, Felix Rodriguez was appointed president of Citgo, the largest subsidiary of Petroleos De Venezuela SA, Venezuela's state-owned oil corporation.
Rodriguez, a left-wing “populist,” is a close ally of the country’s Marxist ruler, Hugo Chavez. Commented the March 17 Houston Chronicle: “The arrival of Rodriguez, whose style is more reminiscent of the boisterous Chavez than a typical top energy executive, puts a new face at the head of the huge Houston-based refining and marketing operation.”
Rodriguez’s ascent “also coincided with the arrival of several new board members, including Bernard Mommer, a German-born Marxist and behind-the-scenes architect of Chavez’s oil policy,” continued the Chronicle. Mommer helped draft a 2001 law nearly doubling the amount of government royalties paid by oil companies.
Petro-marxism... does that make the war on Iraq a war for communism? And if so, why were the leftists upset about it?
They were upset because we were taking oil and power AWAY from one of their own. The Baath Party is a socialist one.
Venezuela's vast oil wealth should not be utilized for spreading Hugo's Anti-American efforts and keeping the people of Venezuela captive in his leftist dictatorship. Venezuela is one of the eleven members of OPEC.
Precisely why hubby (former oil man) refuses to buy Citgo gasoline, despite the fact that it's always cheaper and is close to our neighborhood.
No communist gasoline for us, thanks!
For a time I was buying Citgo because it wasn't Arab oil. Where I live now it isn't available, so I'm buying what is. My only conciliation is that I'm driving a Hybrid so I'm buying a lot less.
they elected this guy in 98, re-elected him in 2000, and knew from 92 he had no respect for existing government institutions. It is more a testament to the abysmal failure of their traditional oligarchy that enough people were willing to vote him in office than anything else.
Chavez seized power in a coup, twice. The first time, he was ousted himself. The second time, he was able to stabilize his power to the extent of holding (and winning) a 'real' election. That was, I think, in '00. Now we have a second rigged election 'confirming' that Hugo Chavez is the people's choice. Hey, even Jimmy Carter declared that he won it 'fair and square.' What is there to doubt?
What I find risible is that Chavez, after staging two military coups himself, bristles with anger at the thought of the failed coup against him. Even more risible is his claim of U.S. involvement in that failed coup. Hey Hugo, don't you remember Allende, Diem, Noreiga, Sadddam Hussein? When the U.S. puts a dictator down, they stay down.
"When the U.S. puts a dictator down, they stay down."
When the locals do, they fare more poorly, i.e. noriega in 10-92 and chavez in 2002.
didn't chavez win a national election in 98?
fwiw no comment i made implies the 2004 'referendum' was anything other than a fraud. My main point is that this guy got into office in the first place.
Maybe it's time to seize CITGO under the enemy act!
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