http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/citgo/ en-us Mon, 11 May 2009 13:32:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248455/posts Venezuela's socialist strongman Hugo Chavez ordered the expropriation of some 60 oil service companies and assisted government-owned oil company PDVSA (parent of CITGO) in looting those firms unfortunate enough to have invested in the workers' paradise. "To God what is God's, and to Caesar what is Caesar's," said the Venezuelan president as he stole at least a dozen oil rigs, more than 30 oil terminals, and more than 300 boats. "Today we also say: to the people what is the people's," said Chavez, who is a hero to his American friends and admirers including actors Sean Penn, Danny Glover, Kevin Spacey, Ed Asner, singer Harry Belafonte, and... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248455/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 13:32:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236837/posts (CNN) -- Venezuela will give a 300-acre island in the Delaware River to the state of New Jersey, the governor's office announced. The Venezuelan-owned Citgo Petroleum Corp. had bought Petty's Island -- between Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- to use as a fuel storage facility. The island is home to a pair of American bald eagles as well as several great blue herons and state-endangered black-crowned night herons, New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine said in a news release Wednesday. Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez announced the island's transfer as part of Wednesday's Earth Day celebrations. Plans are being... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236837/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:51:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162272/posts http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24351 Chavez, Joe Kennedy and Oil Math by Gen. Donald Blaine Smith and Christopher Brown It’s hard to avoid the commercials starring former Congressman Joseph Kennedy II explaining how friendly Venezuela and Hugo Chavez are to the American people. After all Chavez and Kennedy are bringing relief to the poor people of America who suffer under the evil tyranny of high fuel costs. However, reality has a tendency to get in the way of press events for Citgo and Citizens Energy Corporation such as the scenes of Joe Kennedy driving up to house in a Citgo truck to deliver 40%... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162272/posts#comment Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:37:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2161104/posts Just days after Venezuelan-owned CITGO suspended its fuel oil assistance program in the U.S., that nation's Marxist strongman Hugo Chavez has reinstated it, according to reports. Evidently, winning the hearts and minds of America's poor remains important to Chavez, who allows Islamist terrorist groups to openly operate in his country. We profiled Chavez and his American friends in the March 2008 Organization Trends and I wrote about Chavez in the Boston Herald on March 19, 2008. Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2161104/posts#comment Thu, 8 Jan 2009 19:58:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159556/posts Joe Kennedy announced yesterday he’s laying off 20 employees and temporarily halting most of his winter fuel-assistance programs due to Citgo yanking $100 million in support for the nonprofit Citizens Energy. Citgo, owned by the Venezuelan government led by leftist loudmouth president Hugo Chavez, recently informed Kennedy that it was “temporarily” suspending its oil donations for the low-income program. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159556/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:32:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159085/posts Citgo has suspended its fuel-assistance program for low-income homeowners, putting added financial pressure on Joe Kennedy’s Citizens Energy Corp. Citgo, owned by the Venezuelan government, is pulling out of the program that provided home-heating oil to thousands of Northeast customers, via contributions to Kennedy’s nonprofit Citizens Energy. Kennedy has been criticized for accepting money from Citgo at the behest of controversial Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, whose notorious anti-American rants have upset many Americans. Kennedy has defended Citgo’s donations, saying the goal of fuel-assistance program is to help the needy. Kennedy is holding a press conference this afternoon. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159085/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:27:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2057181/posts Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, who funds Iran-aligned terrorist group Hezbollah, has given $1.5 million to a Washington, D.C.-area charity that advocates for illegal aliens, the Washington Post reports. (See my previous Boston Herald op-ed about Chavez and terrorism here.) As part of Venezuela's "public diplomacy" (i.e. propaganda and subversion) program in the United States, the Silver Spring, Maryland-based Casa de Maryland will receive the grant from CITGO, Venezuela's government-owned oil company that is controlled by Chavez. Of course the Washington Post buried the story, placing it on page D8, as Ken Shepherd of NewsBusters noted. The Post reported that The... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2057181/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 02:31:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057057/posts <p>SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Immigrant-advocacy group Casa de Maryland on Monday received a $1.5 million donation from Citgo Petroleum Corp., a subsidiary of Venezuela's national oil company that is controlled by President Hugo Chavez.</p> <p>The funds will be used to strengthen Casa's $4.4 million social-service, small-business and vocational-training programs... Kim Propeack, advocacy director for the Montgomery County-based organization, said it's the largest corporate gift Casa has received. "Like many nonprofits, Casa has been trying to grow its corporate investment," she said. "Citgo is very committed to ensuring that the profits they earn through their business are shared by low-income people...." A Monday news conference to announce the donation was postponed because of a personal emergency of Citgo President Alejandro Granado, who was to attend with the Venezuelan ambassador. Ms. Propeack said the contribution would still be finalized Monday.</p> Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057057/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:09:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049372/posts The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, today arrived in Moscow on his latest arms-buying spree, saying that his country needed to buy more weapons to defend itself from the United States. Chávez met Russia's president Dmitry Medvedev this morning. He is expected to sign a billion-dollar arms deal with Russia for new missile defence systems and diesel-powered submarines. "I have great hopes we will be able to continue building our strategic alliance," Chávez said after landing in Moscow for a two-day trip. He added: "The deals will guarantee the sovereignty of Venezuela which is being threatened by the United States." Guardian.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049372/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:48:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048762/posts (CNSNews.com) - A Houston-based oil company will distribute free compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) to low-income residents of 11 U.S. cities in a new program praised by a liberal activist but criticized by a conservative analyst on Friday as “shameless self-promotion” for Venezuela President Hugo Chavez. The project was announced last Tuesday in Washington, D.C., where 1,500 households will receive an estimated 30,000 CFLs throughout the summer and early fall from CITGO, a corporation owned by the Venezuelan socialist government that refines, transports and markets transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and other industrial products. “I am proud that CITGO invests over... CNS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048762/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:53:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042162/posts Venezuelan President Hugo chavez (left) with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in September 2006. The acronym shown on their helmets, PDSVA, stands for Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the parent company of CITGO. * * * * *We already knew that Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez provides safe haven to Islamist terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas in his country, but now we know he actually funds Iran-aligned Hezbollah too. (See my previous Boston Herald op-ed here.) From a Washington Times report today: The Bush administration is accusing the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of providing cash and refuge to the militant... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042162/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 01:24:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983715/posts March 10th 2008 BY PABLO BACHELET pbachelet@MiamiHerald.com WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has launched a preliminary inquiry that could land Venezuela on the U.S. list of nations that support terrorism because of its alleged close links to Colombian rebels, a senior government official has confirmed. The inquiry, by government lawyers, is the first step in a process that could see Venezuela join North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, Syria and Iran as countries designated by the State Department as supporters of terrorism. U.S. laws permit some leeway on the scope of sanctions, but experts say that adding Venezuela to the list could... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983715/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:59:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983400/posts Question: What do you get when you help terrorists seek dirty bombs, give sanctuary to Hezbollah and Hamas, taunt America, and threaten war on U.S. ally Colombia? Answer: Hugs and kisses from members of Congress like Senator Chris Dodd and Congressman Dennis Kucinich, academics like Cornel West, and Hollywood celebrities like Danny Glover - and a pass from the press. And what's there not to love about Venezuela's Marxist strongman Hugo Chavez, who crushes dissenters, muzzles the media, and takes from "the rich" to give to "the poor"? With a Kennedy clan member as his spokesman, he even gives discounted... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983400/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:22:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1982701/posts Would you believe it if we told you that the U.S. House of Representatives voted to raise the price you pay for gasoline at the pump and -- at the same time -- give a huge tax break to that America-hating dictator Hugo Chavez? Well, that is exactly what our so-called elected leaders-- led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her liberal colleagues in the House -- just did. In common parlance, we call that a "twofer" and as unbelievable as it may sound, Pelosi and company have yet again proved that they have never met a socialist tyrannical despot thatthey... GOPUSA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1982701/posts#comment Sun, 9 Mar 2008 02:29:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981508/posts CRC's Matthew Vadum talked about Hugo Chavez and his many American friends and admirers on "The G. Gordon Liddy Show" March 6. Liddy and Vadum discussed the saber-rattling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his many friends on the American left. Specifically, they discussed: Ted Kennedy’s nephew, Joe Kennedy of nonprofit Citizens Energy Corporation, and the fact that Joe, a former congressman, is a shill for Chavez, who controls Venezuela’s big oil company, CITGO; American actor-director Danny Glover who accepted $20 million from the Venezuelan government to make movies; and Chavez’s complicity with Colombian terrorist group FARC which wants to buy uranium,... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981508/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:30:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980773/posts Now more proof of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ties to international terrorism have emerged. According to a news story, a laptop computer belonging to Raul Reyes, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leader killed days ago by the Colombian military, contains documents indicating that "Chavez, seeking to raise the FARC's stature and relieve it of its international pariah status, shares their goal of isolating and discrediting Colombia's president, Alvaro Uribe." The laptop also discloses a $300 million gift from Chavez to Colombian rebel groups. Previously, Chavez angered Colombians by urging its government to stop calling the communist FARC and... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980773/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:51:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980212/posts The Bush administration may be trying to ignore Hugo Chavez, but some local gas station owners are moving to protect themselves from the backlash against the Venezuelan president's anti-American rhetoric. Calls by some across the country to boycott gasoline sold by Venezuelan-owned Citgo are cutting into sales, prompting some station owners to move to other suppliers. George Vazquez, owner of a convenience store and gas station on Kingston Pike in West Knoxville, is among several local independent Citgo station operators who will be switching to Marathon Oil of Findlay, Ohio, in the coming weeks. "My gas sales were down 30... Knoxville News Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980212/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:54:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979719/posts If there's anything more dumbfounding than the House's imposition of $18 billion in taxes on oil companies, thereby guaranteeing higher prices at the pump, it's the exemption voted for Venezuela's state oil firm, says Investor's Business Daily (IBD). Consider: H.R. 5321 scrapped the tax deduction routinely given to the major integrated oil companies -- Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell and ConocoPhillips -- that helps them explore, extract, refine and market the energy that drives our economy. However, Congress ensured that its discrimination against the big oils would benefit Citgo, which happens to be owned by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Under the bill,... ncpa.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979719/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 19:23:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979640/posts Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, like his friend Fidel Castro, has earned a place in the pantheon of the modern American left. Chavez, who has aligned himself with America’s terrorist-sponsoring enemies abroad, understands public relations, and his policies have earned him the admiration of leftist nonprofits and activists..... Many U.S. lawmakers are fans of Chavez. His admirers include Senator Chris Dodd, Representatives John Conyers and Dennis Kucinich. Other fans include Jesse Jackson and the Marxist writers Howard Zinn and Naomi Klein. ..... Clearly, Hugo Chavez is a man only American leftists could love – and they do. U.S. activists such as... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979640/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:45:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972229/posts The Op-Ed "Shills for Chavez" condemned the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp. for accepting a charitable donation of oil to provide much-needed heating assistance to poor, elderly and American Indian families in 23 states — the same kind of help we have provided to poor families..to help ease the burden felt by consumers depending on this commodity to survive....For three years, we have worked with Citgo Petroleum and Venezuela because they were the only company...to respond. We acknowledge their generosity as we would recognize any...that answers our calls to help the poor. Unfortunately, some find it more appropriate to direct their... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972229/posts#comment Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:39:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958596/posts Jack in the Box is operating more than 50 of these co-branded sites in California, Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, Idaho, Washington and Illinois, and is contracting with petroleum marketers, including Chevron, Shell, Arco, Exxon, Texaco and Citgo to supply fuel for the locations. Jack in the Box website in the "about our company" page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958596/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:01:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958085/posts Although former U.S. Congressman, Joseph Kennedy III has been criticized for his Citgo commercial last year promoting discount heating oil provided by the Hugo Chavez Venezuelan government as a PR ploy, his latest commercial goes way beyond mere syrupy praise. Kennedy is now using the most recent Citgo commercial as a launchpad to blast the U.S. government and "Big Oil" as you can see in this video. After an introduction similar to the previous commercial showing poor people suffering from the cold, Kennedy goes on the attack: ...Yet our own government cut fuel assistance. And the Big Oil companies with... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958085/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:58:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1941293/posts Remember those tear-jerker telephone commercials of the ‘70s and ‘80s? Do you recall how they were as sappy and almost romantically sad, pulling on your emotional strings? Well, I don’t know if they are the same writers or not, but the new public relations campaign by embattled Citgo leaves that same weird taste in your mouth... The Moderate Separatist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1941293/posts#comment Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:31:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937021/posts By PABLO BACHELET McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government eagerly reached out to Venezuelan presidential candidate Hugo Chavez in 1998 and moved quickly to denounce a rumored coup plot against the man who's become one of the Bush administration's archenemies, newly declassified State Department documents obtained by McClatchy Newspapers reveal. State Department officials initially appeared dazzled by Chavez's oversized persona and his promise for sweeping reforms, and seemed sincere in their efforts to help him, the documents show. Some of those overtures drew positive responses from Chavez, who said he wanted U.S. help in fighting corruption and drug trafficking.... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937021/posts#comment Sun, 9 Dec 2007 18:08:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933059/posts "Water, water every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water every where, Nor a drop to drink." --Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ----------------------------------------------------- Iran isn’t an energy-independent country. I’m well aware that Iran produces more than 4 million barrels of oil per day, the fourth-highest production in the world. And with the near-constant reporting about Iranian crude reserves during the past six months, I find it difficult to believe that anyone could be unaware that Iran has 132 billion barrels in proven reserves--or, at least, they claim to. But what’s often ignored is that... Financial Sense http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933059/posts#comment Sat, 1 Dec 2007 01:32:43 GMT