Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Alaska to Chavez: Don’t send us cheap oil

Several villages in Alaska have refused to accept discounted heating oil from Venezuela based on Hugo Chavez’ recent anti-U.S. comments. “I don't want a foreigner coming in here and bashing us. Even though we're in economically dire straits, it was the right choice to make,” said one community leader. Over the past two years, Citgo- owned by the Venezuelan government- has sent millions of gallons of cheap heating oil to states across the U.S. including Connecticut and New York.

Links- CNN, The Latin Americanist (blog)

Image- The Seattle Times (Alaskan citizen filling an oil drum with inexpensive Venezuelan oil).

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm surprised no one else has noticed that the article only mentions a "few" villages that have refused the oil, whereas hidden in the text one can notice that over 150 villages have accepted the oil.

In other words, it seems like someone (the corporate media) is searching for a story that doesn't exist.

4:00 PM
Erwin C. said...

Actually, anonymous, you did just mention the story: some villages in alaska have rejected cheap oil from Venezuela. Due to Chavez' anti-US sentiment it makes sense for the media to hype (somewhat disengenuously) the alaskans' rejection of the oil. You might note that also hidden in the article are proposals in other areas of the U.S. against Chavez such as the removing of the giant Citgo sign behind Boston's Fenway Park.

I'm not saying you're wrong, anonymous. I do agree with you. I'm just pointing out the modus operandi behind the article and how it makes sense to illustarte the villages that rejected Chavez' oil.

6:04 PM

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