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I’ve decided to boycott Citgo gas stations. I’m not one that normally participates in boycotts, but for Citgo I’ll make an exception. I not trying to start a nationwide movement, and I won’t be out front of my local Citgo with a placard, I’m just making my personal decision public. I was informed by my brother, a resident of San Francisco, that many of the leftists of that fair city only purchase gasoline from Citgo to send a message to Bush. He told me that supporting Citgo was a way to support Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan strong man. At first...

President George Bush said in this year's State of the Union address he would push policies to help the United States kick its addiction to foreign oil, but some citizens are taking matters into their own hands. Some people are boycotting CITGO because it's owned by Venezuela's national oil company and they don't want their money funding President Hugo Chavez's aim to end American "imperialism." Earlier this year Chavez, joined in Caracas by anti-Iraq war activist Cindy Sheehan at the World Social Forum, an annual meeting of anti-war and anti-globalization activists, condemned America's military efforts in Iraq and other parts...