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Venezuela offers fuel, food to hurricane-hit US
Yahoo News
| 8/30/05
Posted on 08/30/2005 1:39:55 PM PDT by Victor
CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered to send food and fuel to the United States after the powerful Hurricane Katrina pummeled the US south, ravaging US crude production.
The leftist leader, a frequent critic of the United States and a target himself of US disapproval, said Venezuela could send aid workers with drinking water, food and fuel to US communities hit by the hurricane.
"We place at the disposition of the people of the United States in the event of shortages -- we have drinking water, food, we can provide fuel," Chavez told reporters.
Chavez said fuel could be sent to the United States via a Citgo refinery that has not been affected by the hurricane. Citgo is owned by Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
In the Gulf of Mexico, which accounts for a quarter of total US oil output, 92 percent of crude and 83 percent of natural gas production were shut down due to Hurricane Katrina, which slammed Louisiana and Mississippi, according to US government data.
Venezuela is the fourth-largest provider of oil to the United States, supplying some 1.5 million barrels a day.
Last week, Chavez offered discount gasoline to poor Americans suffering from high oil prices and on Sunday offered free eye surgery for Americans without access to health care.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: hugochavez; hurricanekatrina; venezuela
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The last paragraph really got me. He is pandering to the welfare crowd in OUR country.
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:39:55 PM PDT
by
Victor
To: Victor
To: Victor
He is a total basket case.
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:41:54 PM PDT
by
msnimje
To: Victor
If Chavez wants to send us supplies to help the recovery from Katrina, I say that's fine.
And if he wants to play Benevolent Provider to the poor and destitute, I say he can keep 'em.
After all, Jesse Jackson said it's a utopia down there, so everybody should be happy when we ship 'em all down there, right?
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:42:08 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: Victor
See, even Chavez is not a total monster.
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:42:49 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Cloudy, 51 degrees, scattered showers, wind <5 knots in Fairbanks)
To: Prime Choice
What is he up to-that's what I'm wondering.
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:43:41 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
To: Victor
Maybe that assassination comment scared him.
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:44:02 PM PDT
by
Feiny
(The only way to bag a classy lady is to give her two tickets to the gun show... ...)
To: Victor
" He is pandering to the welfare crowd in OUR country. " .... maybe they and the D.N.C will nominate him for President in the next US Presidential election in 2008, it seems so fitting that they would do something like that.
They already got one of their party hacks down there already, D.N.C. operative Jessy.
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:44:10 PM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: RockinRight
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:44:36 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
(Dies irae, dies illa....Rex tremendae majestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me!)
To: Victor
HEY! This looks like a dupe to me....
*snicker*
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:44:54 PM PDT
by
Hi Heels
(Guns kill and cause crime? Dang, mine must be malfunctioning....)
To: Hi Heels
Yeah, 1 minute apart. You win......
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:46:17 PM PDT
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: Pyro7480
Chavez is a good Christian
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:46:20 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: Hi Heels
"F@ck You Chavez!" line from Young Guns
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:47:02 PM PDT
by
BookaT
(My cat's breath smells like cat food!)
To: Victor
Hey, we're running a deficit here.
Take the money, along with the Fwench and Cherman donations. What the hey!
/really necessary?
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:47:30 PM PDT
by
Straight8
(Humpty Dumpty was pushed!(That's my conspiracy theory, and I'm Stickin' to it))
To: RockinRight
Perhaps trying to jumpstart a new Commie movement in the USA.
To: traumer
To: SolarisRocks
Well, Mr. President...another country making fun of us. Should I bite my lip on this one as well??
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:49:28 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Pitchforks and Lanterns..with a smiley face!)
To: feinswinesuksass
Bingo! He wants that bullseye off of him. Despite the required skepticism with anything Chavez says, I haven't heard any of our Euro-friends make any offers up to this point. Just a thanks but no thanks scenario would do.
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:49:48 PM PDT
by
Shqipo
(Doing what I can to turn Maine back to Red.)
To: Victor
PLEASE Don't KILL ME!!! -- Chavez...
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:50:25 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Are you staring at me or her? 'Cause you're starting to freak me out.)
To: Victor
They already jacked the gas price to 3.00 a gallon...C'mon Chauvez, I'll take your gas...
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:50:53 PM PDT
by
Iscool
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