Latinnews Daily - 28 August 2003
VENEZUELA: Chávez blows hot and cold on US
It is easy to see why the US is alarmed by President Hugo Chávez . Yesterday the Venezuelan government said that it wanted to demonstrate that it was a reliable source of oil for the US, so it would dispatch up to eight extra tankers to the US. The Venezuelan energy ministry said that this was designed to help deal with the problems caused by the power cuts in the northeast a fortnight ago. The tankers will carry unleaded petrol.
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