Venezuela works on agreement to import oil pipelines from Brazil

[Joanne98]

UPDATED: 12:42, August 08, 2005
Venezuela works on agreement to import oil pipelines from Brazil



Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said his country is preparing an agreement with Brazil to produce oil pipelines, which Venezuela currently imports from the United States.

Chavez told a press conference that Venezuela's state-run petroleum firm, PDVSA, is working on an agreement with a Brazilian firm, whose name was not revealed.

But he mentioned a firm of 300 workers near Rio de Janeiro, which produces fiber-glass pipes for the Brazilian industry at only 15 percent of its capacity.

The firms were abandoned by their owners 10 years ago, but workers saved them later and have since kept them in operation, Chavez said.

"We want to help them because there is none to give them credits. Banks function in accordance with the orders of the International Monetary Fund, the world monetary imperialism, but we are free from that," said the president.


http://english.people.com.cn/200508/08/eng20050808_200903.html

I know it's the People's Daily but I sounds about right.

[annabanana]

1. eeeek! terra! terra!

The smoking gun is a pipelinenotpurchasedfromtheBFEE!...er...I mean, a mushroom cloud!

ATTACK!!

[SoCalDem]

2. Do they look anything like "ALUMINUM TUUUUUUUBES"?

Look out Hugo...Condi will be after your hide soon,,,acusing you of starting a WMD program:)

[Voltaire99]

3. Chavez hates our freedoms!

The freedom of Big Gringo to dictate his infrastructure purchases, for one. And its freedom to invade and overthrow him, for another!

This healthy, vigorous socialism will have both US political parties calling for Chavez' head before the end of the decade. Maybe it will be Hillary who invades...