[headsonpikes]

Mugabe should be torn by dogs and his bleeding carcass fed to hogs...if his head remains intact, stick it on a pike!

But he'll probably get the Nobel Peace Prize.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba resuming in August - Libya studying Cuba's oil refinery [Full Text] CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela will resume oil shipments to Cuba on Aug. 1, the president of Venezuela's state-owned oil monopoly confirmed Wednesday. Petroleos de Venezuela SA plans to renew shipments of 53,000 barrels of crude per day to Cuba, said Ali Rodriguez, a former secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The pact, under which Cuba buys Venezuelan oil at preferential financing terms, was suspended when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was ousted in an April 12-14 coup.

During Chavez's brief ouster, PDVSA officials vowed not to deliver more oil to Cuba, claiming Venezuela was giving it away. Chavez's government insists the deal is similar to others in which Venezuela helps struggling Caribbean nations. According to PDVSA, Cuba owed dlrs 142 million when the cutoff occurred. When Chavez returned, Venezuela urged Cuba to pay, and Rodriguez said Wednesday the issue had been resolved. PDVSA supplies a third of Cuba's oil. Rodriguez added that Cuba and Venezuela had studied the possibility of modernizing Cuba's Cienfuegos refinery but decided the project isn't feasible. He said OPEC member Libya is conducting a similar study and that Venezuela is sharing information on Cienfuegos with Libya.[End]

LINKS to Gaddafi/Castro/Chavez/ Saddam Hussein