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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: American Spirit who wrote (4707)3/1/2004 6:59:03 PM
From: CalculatedRiskRead Replies (2) of 81568
 
Now I'm worried about Venezuela!

Venezuela's Chavez shocks oil market, prices soar
AFP to My Yahoo!
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NEW YORK (AFP) - World oil prices shot to a post Iraq (news - web sites) war high after major producer Venezuela stunned the market with a threat to cut off supply to America.

World prices soared after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday told some 60,000 cheering supporters he would block US access to Venezuela's oil resources if Washington moved against his government.

In a three-hour anti-American diatribe that described US President George W. Bush as an illegitimate leader, Chavez said "if Mr. Bush is possessed with the madness of trying to blockade Venezuela, or worse for them, to invade Venezuela in response to the desperate song of his lackeys ... sadly not a drop of petroleum with come to them from Venezuela."
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