Venezuela President Hugo Chavez Sunday said his government may file a suit against ExxonMobil (XOM) for allegedly taking as much as 500,000 barrels of crude from oil fields without paying for them. 'They took 500,000 barrels of crude from here without reporting them, before they began developing' the fields, Chavez said during his radio and television show. 'Let's sue ExxonMobil and demand that they pay for what they stole. They're the aggressors, they're the thieves,' he said.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Venezuela's Chavez Threatens To Sue Exxon Over Oil 'Theft'
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez Sunday said his government may file a suit against ExxonMobil (XOM) for allegedly taking as much as 500,000 barrels of crude from oil fields without paying for them. 'They took 500,000 barrels of crude from here without reporting them, before they began developing' the fields, Chavez said during his radio and television show. 'Let's sue ExxonMobil and demand that they pay for what they stole. They're the aggressors, they're the thieves,' he said.
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There must be a thousand legitimate reasons -- and ways -- to hit an imperialist corporation that no longer wants to 'play nice' with a patient, suffering people and their country. The thing is to have the iron will to see the struggle thru to the end. Few countries have possessed a leadership even close to being able to do that. Does this one?
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