[Cincinatus' Wife]

*** Chavez's ouster threw into doubt the budding trade relationship between the two countries. Venezuela is Cuba's No. 1 trade partner. Venezuela had been exporting 53,000 barrels of oil to Cuba daily at preferential terms. CNN's Spanish language network showed Edgar Paredes of Venezuela's oil company saying on Friday, "We aren't going to send a single barrel more to Cuba."****

EX-president of Venezuelan state oil company accuses government of eroding morale ***Other bones of contention were the central government's demand that the company hand over $4.4 billion in dividends last year, forcing PDVSA to borrow $500 million to pay the bill; and the oil sales to Cuba, whose leader, Fidel Castro, is Chavez's longtime mentor. · Chavez has insisted that oil sales continue to Cuba, despite an unpaid $97 million bill for past sales. ***

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This will put some pressure on Castro. Who will foot the bill for his oil now - Saddam? If he did, would we set up a blockade?
One terrorist helping another terrorist 90 miles from our shores doesn't exactly pass the Bush Doctrine smell test.

[Jeff Chandler]

Check this out: HERE

[Caipirabob]

You are just FULL a good stories these days!

Venezuela's Power Shift Condemned

I'm sure Fidel was up all night crying in his sheets. Ted Turner must have the damage control teams from Pravda/CNN on full alert.

*BIG ANOTHER-ONE-BITES-THE-DUST GRIN*

[DB]

Is Saddam going to be around long enough for it to matter?

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

But Carmona's appointment was challenged by Venezuela's attorney general as unconstitutional, and several Latin American nations condemned Chavez's ouster Friday.

Should an effort be made to restore Chavez to office, it may become necessary to 'suspend' him from office. A nice 14 foot rope with a noose at the end would seem appropriate as a means of suspending him from his office.