Venezuela’s oil minister, Rafael Ramirez, has confirmed that Venezuela will continue to supply Syria with oil, despite international pressure against the Assad government and other nations that maintain relations with the Arab country.
Australian born alternative media journalist now working for Venezuela Analysis, Tamara Pearson now considers this northern South American nation with a population of 29 million, home... communal councils, Chavez, oil, crime, and choosing Venezuela.
Venezuelan Environmental Minister Alejandro Hitcher has confirmed that the government has managed to contain over 90% of the leaked crude oil which escaped into the Guarapiche River when a pipeline ruptured on the 4th of February.
A general article by ex Cuban president Fidel Castro on Chavez's performance as president, the role of the miltiary in Venezuela, Venezuela's relationship with Colombia, and the importance of some historical events.
Before the Bolivarian Revolution, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) the Venezuelan state-run oil company, was completely cut off from society and its needs. The strategic guidelines of the country’s oil industry were set abroad to favour large multinationals such as Exxon and Shell, among others.
On Wednesday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed a long-term agreement with the Chinese Development Bank aimed at financing some 137 development projects planned for the 2013 – 2030 period.
“None of the private media belonging to the large transnational companies has reported on the large scale damage brought about by NATO,” said TeleSUR journalist Rolando Segura at the Thought Artillery vs Lie Factory conference held this week in Caracas.
OPEC’s proven crude oil reserves rose 12.1 percent in 2010 to 1.19 trillion barrels led by Venezuela, which has surpassed Saudi Arabia as the group’s largest reserves holder, OPEC said in its Annual Statistical Bulletin.
Venezuela and five other oil-exporting nations made history this week after they broke consensus and their insistence on maintaining oil production at current levels prevented the twelve-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) from increasing oil production quotas for the coming period.
With due respect to the United States Department of State and Secretary Clinton, in regards to economic sanctions leveled under CISADA on Venezuela and six other foreign entities. Among the affected countries, only Venezuela is a nation in abject poverty. Oil is its primary export and the exceptionally devastating impact upon its people should be of specific consideration.
