'TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
VENEZUELANS OPPOSED TO
PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ...'The
caption let us know this South
American potentate was a
killer, an autocrat, and the
people of his nation wanted
him out. The caption
continued: '[Venezuelans]
marched Saturday to demand his
resignation and punishment for
those responsible for 17
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'TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
VENEZUELANS OPPOSED TO
PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ...'The
caption let us know this South
American potentate was a
killer, an autocrat, and the
people of his nation wanted
him out. The caption
continued: '[Venezuelans]
marched Saturday to demand his
resignation and punishment for
those responsible for 17
deaths during a coup in April.
'Chavez leave now!' read a
huge banner.'There was no
actual story in the Chronicle
-- South America simply isn't
worth wasting words on -- just
the photo and caption. But the
Chronicle knew no story was
needed. Venezuelans hated
their terrible president, and
all you needed was this photo
to prove it.And I could
confirm the large protests.
I'd recently returned from
Caracas and watched 100,000
march against President
Chavez. I'd filmed them for
BBC Television London.Armed
Madhouse Greg Palast Hugo
Chazez Venezuela Oil
EconomyYou'd think George Bush
would get down on his knees
and kiss Hugo Chavez's behind.
Not only has Chavez delivered
cheap oil to the Bronx and
other poor communities in the
United States. And not only
did he offer to bring aid to
the victims of Katrina. In my
interview with the president
of Venezuela on March 28, he
made Bush the following
astonishing offer: Chavez
would drop the price of oil to
$50 a barrel, 'not too high, a
fair price,' he said â?? a
third less than the $75 a
barrel for oil recently posted
on the spot market. That would
bring down the price at the
pump by about a buck, from $3
to $2 a gallon.But our
President has basically told
Chavez to take his cheaper oil
and stick it up his pipeline.
Before I explain why Bush has
done so, let me explain why
Chavez has the power to pull
it off â?? and the method in
the seeming madness of his
'take-my-oil-please!'
deal.Venezuela, Chavez told
me, has more oil than Saudi
Arabia. A nutty boast? Not by
a long shot. In fact, his
surprising claim comes from a
most surprising source: the
U.S. Department of Energy. In
an internal report, the DOE
estimates that Venezuela has
five times the Saudis'
reserves. However, most of
Venezuela's mega-horde of
crude is in the Continue
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Tags VENEZUELANS, RE-ELECT, PRESIDENT, HUGO, CHAVEZ