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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:55 PM Original message |
Venezuela seizes 35 oil contractors under new law |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hmm...government running out of money? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I doubt it. Oil is still in historic highs area. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. and why is this a good thing |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. "Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA, |
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MrMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Because PDVSA took the over the operations rather than make payments. |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Ah, I see. I misunderstood. |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Cool |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You have that a little inside out. If the US seized Citgo, |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. ding. ding. ding. |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Venezeula |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. There is such a thing as a "leonine contract", which mean one party to |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Were those contracts written when V. was a corrupt plutocracy? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. No, that's wrong. They're in or will go into arbitration. |
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Titonwan (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Thank you. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Its kind of like when the US seized those houses in |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No, it's kind of like the opposite of that because those projects |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. No... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Baloney. Those deals are always made because the politician |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Care to provide some evidence of that... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. Bravo Chavez. He punishes the looters; we give them cabinet positions. |
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Titonwan (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Ha Ha! |
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Titonwan (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. GOOD |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. Cry me a river |
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