UPDATE:Venezuela President Threatens To Halt US Oil Sales On Exxon

'I speak to the U.S. empire, because that's the master: continue and you will see that we won't sent one drop of oil to the empire of the United States,' Chavez said during his weekly radio and television program, 'Hello, President.' 'The outlaws of Exxon Mobil will never again rob us,' Chavez said, accusing the Irving, Texas-based oil company of acting in concert with Washington. Chavez has repeatedly threatened to cut off oil shipments to the United States, which is Venezuela's No. 1 client, if Washington tries to oust him. Chavez's warnings on Sunday appeared to extend that threat to attempts by oil companies to challenge his government's nationalization drive in courts internationally. 'If the economic war continues against Venezuela, the price of oil is going to reach $200 (a barrel) and Venezuela will join the economic war,' Chavez said. ' And more than one country is willing to accompany us in the economic war.'