Personally, I am opposed to taking anything from Venezuela, until such time as the Venezuelan government changes its policy towards the United States, ( *e.g*.; calling our President "Satan" and condemning our Nation, and our way of life: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/09/20/chavez.un/index.html )
Further, before the United States does any further business with Venezuela, the Presidente Chavez and the Venezuelan government must be required to return all seized assets that it has stolen from American and international corporations. Venezuela must come to terms with acceptable international behavior, and adopt a free market economy, which would require el Presidente to rid himself of his corrupt practices, (I know Mark, something that is not ususlly done in South America) ============== Tuesday, March <http://en.mercopress.com/2009/03/> 10th<http://en.mercopress.com/2009/03/10/> 2009 <http://en.mercopress.com/2009/> - 1:55 am UTC Venezuela seizes land from Irish company; warns Coca Cola http://en.mercopress.com/2009/03/10/venezuela-seizes-land-from-irish-company-warns-coca-cola Ireland’s Smurfit Kappa corporation confirmed Monday that the Venezuelan government had seized 1.500 hectares of land with eucalyptus the company owns in the country valued in half a million Euros. Coca-Cola issued a statement on Monday saying the company is evaluating the president's request. The bottler said it was optimistic that conversations with the government would "bring about proposals and alternatives that benefit everyone." Chavez did not say what measures his government could take if the company spurns his request. ===================== EMERGING MARKETS REPORT Venezuela moves to nationalize cement industry Last update: 3:50 p.m. EDT Aug. 20, 2008 http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/venezuela-takes-over-cement-industry/story.aspx?guid=%7B8713AAEE-E050-4568-93CE-0121C1D97CA9%7D *NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Venezuela moved to nationalize its cement industry this week by seizing operational control of plants owned by Mexican company Cemex and striking deals with two other foreign companies to purchase their assets. * ============= *Venezuela to Fight Exxon's $12 Billion Asset Freeze (Update5) * By Steven Bodzin and Matthew Walter http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMaMx3TW91KQ&refer=home Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez<http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Rafael+Ramirez&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1>vowed to fight Exxon Mobil Corp. <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=XOM%3AUS>'s effort to freeze $12 billion of the state oil company's foreign assets, calling the move ``judicial terrorism.'' Exxon won court orders in the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands and the Caribbean freezing assets of Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA, after Venezuela seized Exxon oil projects in the country. Ramirez, who is also the head of PDVSA, said the company is ready to fight what could be a five-year battle. ====================== Venezuela To Seize Foreign Oil Projects State Oil Companies Will Take Majority Stake In Foreign Oil Projects; Chavez Calls Bush "King Of Liars" CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 26, 2007 | by Alfonso Serrano http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/26/world/main2519183.shtml *AP) * President Hugo Chavez ordered by decree on Monday the takeover of oil projects run by foreign oil companies in Venezuela's Orinoco River region. Chavez had previously announced the government's intention to take a majority stake by May 1 in four heavy oil-upgrading projects run by British Petroleum PLC, Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips Co., Total SA and Statoil ASA. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
