Chavez Calls on Venezuela to Defend Its Oil Sovereignty

Chavez called on all Venezuelans to defend the nation's sovereignty in the battle with Exxon, and accused the Venezuelan opposition parties of taking the side of the transnational in the current conflict. 'The opposition thinks that by applauding the actions of ExxonMobil that they are hurting the national government. But that's not true. They are really only hurting themselves because the people realize that they have no shame,' Chavez said.