Posted on 09/17/2008 8:44:51 PM PDT by Flavius
CARACAS, September 17 (RIA Novosti) - Five of the largest Russian oil companies want to set up a consortium to boost operations in Latin American countries, a deputy prime minister said Wednesday.
Rosneft, LUKoil, Gazprom Neft, Surgutneftegaz and TNK-BP came up with the proposal.
Igor Sechin, who chairs the board of state-controlled Rosneft, Russia's largest oil company, said: "It would be strange for Russia, which shares first place in global oil production with the Saudis, not to interact, say, with Venezuela, which holds fifth or sixth place."
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MONROE DOCTRINE ANYONE?
nope hopechange
the absolutely amazing thing is,
the average obamao voter has not a clue that this is going on.
and, if they did, they’d probably approve.
suicide.
Venezuela, Bolivia, Cartel Mexico. Wth.
What do they bring to the table? Technology? Capital?
nuh something much better
guns and ammo
Technology? We can smoke 'em. But we've got to back in the door and let them know that competition best fits their needs...unless it's just communism or conquest they want. Thence they'll have to be crushed, lest we be crushed by them.
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