32119, RE: Not only was the nationalization completely legal... Posted by HoChiGrimm, Thu Dec-15-05 01:38 AM
>...but it was carried out with OPEC supervision, under the >auspices of the Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation (Corporación >Venezolana de Petróleos), the brainchild of the Venezuelan >national hero Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello. It did not >involve the siezing of foreign assets (I challenge you to >provide evidence to the contrary, btw), but the gradual >phasing out of monopoly foreign oil concessions, starting with >the 50% share granted to J. Paul Getty's Pacific Western under >the corrupt Jimenez dictatorship.
I'll bet you anything from a diddle-dad Joe to a damned if I know, he wasn't even slightly aware of this fact, which is why he never bothered to provide a solid retort.
>I challenge you to >provide evidence to the contrary, btw
From dollars to donuts, he won't accept the challenge (just read his response). LOL!
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