Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Supporting Venezuelan oil
Interesting campaign going on at Common Dreams, and one that may not be viewed positively by many in Miami: Buy your gas at Citgo. Why? Because Citgo, according to this, is a subsidiary of the Venezuelan state-owned oil company, and buying Venezuelan-produced gasoline is a slap at Bush administration energy policies, as well as denying oil revenues to Saudi Arabia and other middle eastern producers. And, according to Common Dreams,
"Of the top oil producing countries in the world, only one is a democracy with a president who was elected on a platform of using his nation's oil revenue to benefit the poor. The country is Venezuela. The President is Hugo Chavez. Call him "the Anti-Bush.""
Hmm. Fighting words to many who believe Chavez is a left-wing despot and friend of Fidel Castro's Cuba. For those who want to find Citgo gasoline, there's a handy Citgo station locator. (Via Robot Wisdom.) posted by liz at 4:10 PM
Comments:
It's nice to see that the American left is so enamored with Castro's good friend Chavez.
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.
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