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Gopher
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 Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 11:14 am Post subject: Chavez Pledges to Help European Poor... |
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VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he wants to provide cheap heating oil for low-income Europeans.
The Venezuelan leader worked out a similar deal to deliver discount heating oil this past winter to needy Americans in parts of the eastern United States.
"I'd like to do the same here in Europe," he said Saturday evening at a gathering in Vienna of activists and representatives of social movements and non-governmental groups.
The so-called alternative summit was held in parallel to a three-day summit of leaders from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean that concluded earlier Saturday in the Austrian capital.
"I want to humbly offer support to the poorest people who do not have resources for central heating in winter and make sure that support arrives," Chavez said.
Chavez said Venezuela has two oil refineries in Germany and one in Britain but did not provide further details about which countries could benefit from the proposal.
He added that Venezuelan ambassadors in Europe were looking into the matter.
"You Europeans can help us greatly. Your European social networks can make sure the support arrives where it should," Chavez told the conference.
This past winter, Venezuela delivered cut-rate oil to low-income Americans through Citgo, the Houston-based subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company. Some Chavez critics charged the heating aid program was an attempt to embarrass U.S. President George W. Bush and was more of an attempt to score political points than it was an act of charity.
In other comments during his speech, which lasted more than two hours, Chavez -- known for his anti-American rhetoric -- said that the "final hours of the North American empire have arrived."
"So now we have to say to the empire: 'We're not afraid of you. You're a paper tiger,"' he said.
Chavez, dressed casually in a red shirt, appealed to the audience to unite and promote social change. For example, he said, more business should be steered toward smaller companies to the benefit of laborers in poorer regions, and that doing so would cut out intermediaries.
"We have to unite all possible movements, otherwise the world is not going to change," he said.
Chavez, suggested the conference delegates meet again in the coming months to develop further ideas. He suggested they meet in Cuba in July, in Venezuela in August and in Bolivia in September. |
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/14/chavez.europe.ap/index.html |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| And in a free world he is free to do just that ..... |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
| And in a free world he is free to do just that ..... |
Quite right.
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| That man's heart is as big as creation. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused George W. Bush of committing genocide and said the U.S. president should be imprisoned by an international criminal court.
The leftist leader made his remarks on Monday at a joint news conference with London Mayor Ken Livingstone after a reporter for the BBC likened some comments of his to Bush's phrase, first delivered shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks, "You are either with us or against us in the fight against terror."
At that, Chavez erupted in anger about being "compared to the biggest genocide person alive, in the history of humanity, the president of the United States -- killer, genocidal, immoral -- who should be taken to prison by an international court. I don't know to what you are referring when you compare me to President Bush."
He added: "Have I invaded any country? Have Venezuelans invaded anything? Have we bombarded a city? Have we had a coup d'etat? Have we used the CIA to kill a president? Have we protected terrorists in Venezuela? That's Bush!"
The reporter then cited Chavez's critique of a previous question as "silly" for having motivated her question.
That original question, from CNN's Robin Oakley, asked whose decision it had been for Chavez not to include a visit with Prime Minister Tony Blair on his itinerary. During Chavez's first visit as head of state, five years ago, he was warmly received by Downing Street and Buckingham Palace.
Chavez derided the question as "silly" because, he said, the current visit is a private one, not a state visit.
He said he includes people with whom he disagrees among his friends, and cited Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, a conservative, as one of them.
Separately, Chavez warned that an attack against Iran would cost the world's oil consumers dearly.
"If there was an attack against Iran, the price could go to $100" per barrel from the current level of about $70, he said.
"It will lead also to greater destabilization."
Published reports have said the United States has drawn up plans to attack Iran if Tehran fails to abandon its nuclear program. U.S. officials have said there are no specific plans to do so.
No country, Chavez said, "has the right the prohibit a country from having nuclear energy." He said he is sure that the Iranians are not working on a nuclear weapon, as U.S. officials have claimed.
"The Iranians, like us, want peace," he said.
Either way, he predicted, the energy crisis will deepen. He described capitalism as "extreme individualism," which is using up the world's non-renewable energy reserves at an alarming pace.
He said the twin towers of the World Trade Center consumed more energy than do some entire countries in Africa.
In addition, the fact that 90 percent of vehicles carry no more than one person is "a stupid thing," he said.
"Our planet will not put up with this," he said. "We're all in peril."
On Saturday, Chavez said he wanted to provide cheap heating oil for low-income Europeans.
The Venezuelan leader worked out a similar deal to deliver discount heating oil this past winter to needy Americans in parts of the eastern United States.
"I'd like to do the same here in Europe," he said Saturday evening at a gathering in Vienna of activists and representatives of social movements and non-governmental groups, according to Reuters. (Full story)
In Washington, the U.S. State Department on Monday added Venezuela to the list of countries "not fully cooperating" with counterterrorism efforts. |
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/15/britain.chavez/index.html
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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I have decided to buy several oil lamps for several of the poor in Venezuela.. can I have my own press conference for this feat I'm about to do?
Just as an aside.. did Chavez take personal control over the oil fields? (its state-owned but that reeks of corruption). Why would he undercut the rates and sell them to Citgo (a MAJOR corporation).. how would that be directly helping America's poor (or Europe's for that matter)?
I'm sensing MAJOR corporate kickbacks lining his pockets on that one. |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, Chavez does keep things interesting. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 12:33 am Post subject: |
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And just when we thought we'd gotten rid of Ghaddafi..............
I hate these ideologues, using the name of the "people", using the name of the "poor" to fight their political battles and keep in power, keep their belly up against the pig's trough. When will it end?
He is just like Bush, good at showmanship and poor on the practical details......(like Bush, freedom at home....)
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