Latin and South America 'squeezing' US on oil--Great report on cnn NOW

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[ShortnFiery]

1. Holy Shit, President Cheney will cancel his trip and invade Venezuela? n/t

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2. State Dept is 'keeping an eye on it" -including how China/SA deal

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3. Bolivia has ordered oil companies to sell to them ---or hit the road.

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4. The WH has done little while other countries are making deals left and

right.

[Robbien]

5. Funny. Usually CNN likes to imply Latin America is of no consequence

Canada is our main supplier. Latin America makes up most of the difference.

But CNN keeps pounding on Arabs.

Someone is asleep at the CNN controls.

[Spazito]

6. Hmmm, so, translation is: Latin and South America are looking

after their own instead of selling their oil to us at cut-rate prices while allowing our oil companies to pay no taxes in their countries.