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An Oil-Based Perspective of Venezuela’s Essequibo Region
January 21, 2021 ... than US $32 in October 2020. They currently sit around US $47, having suffered a reduction of about 50 percent in value. ... -
WikiLeaks Cables Show Haiti as Pawn in U.S. Foreign Policy
July 28, 2011 When WikiLeaks announced its plan to release tens of thousands of classified U.S. diplomatic cables to the public, the U.S. government feared a massive international backlash and threat to national security. In this analysis, COHA's Katie Soltis details how the U.S. tried to undermine Haiti’s oil deal with Venezuela in order to protect the vested interests of U.S. oil corporations, among other policies that prioritized U.S. interests over the Haitian people's. -
Finding Fuel in Venezuela: An Odyssey
July 3, 2019 ... users endure shorter queues, of between 10 and 20 hours, for the 5-12 litres they are allocated. Again, this can mean that a large bike needs up to 60 hours of queuing time to fill the tank to the top. Despite ... which apart from losing copious amounts of (wo)man hours in the queues, are physically and mentally unable to ... -
President Chavez Hosts 141st OPEC Meeting in Caracas
June 3, 2006 Hugo Chavez has played a historically important leadership roll in OPEC since becoming president of Venezuela, and this week´s summit, which he launched on Thursday, was no exception. -
New WikiLeaked Cables Reveal How Washington and Big Oil Fought PetroCaribe in Haiti
June 2, 2011 ... has improved since Préval’s inauguration with 6 to 8 hours a day, usually late at night until morning in ... assembly [Aug. 29], which included 19 of 27 senators and 47 of 88 deputies. 53 voted in favor and 13 abstained; no ... Cap Haïtien [15 megawatts each] and have led to longer hours of power in those areas. Haiti receives shipments of ... -
The Secret Agenda Behind the Venezuela-Guyana Conflict
August 27, 2015 ... United States just three days after taking office in May. Hours later, Exxon’s oil exploration rig, Deepwater ... -
Venezuela: Knocking over Dominos in Latin America
May 26, 2005 Recent demands by the people of Bolivia for their government to "take the same path as Venezuela" revelas the powerful resonance of the "Bolivarian revolution" throuhout Latin America. As Venezuela depeens this process of social, economic, and political transformation it is increasingly unlikely that the people of Latin America will tolerate their unresponsive governments. It is equally unlikely that the Cold War mentality of Washington will tolerate the threat of a good example. -
Bush and ExxonMobil v. Chavez
February 19, 2008 Exxon's move is a warning shot, and so are reports about Colombian paramilitaries entering the country in greater numbers. More destabilization will follow, and continued efforts will be made to weaken Chavez, then try to oust him. -
NSA Taps into Venezuela's State Oil Company with Help from US Embassy, Snowden Leak Reveals
November 18, 2015 ... world's communication network,” storing the data for 72 hours on a “rolling buffer” and “sweep[ing] up ...