Venezuelan Notables
Defend PDVSA Oil Firm
Over 100 Venezuelan
intellectuals expressed
on Friday their support
for state-run oil firm
PDVSA (Petroleos de
Venezuela) against the
aggression from US Exxon
Mobil, which is seeking
an asset freezing.
In a public statement,
they describe the action
of the US oil firm as an
act of media-financial
terrorism to punish
Venezuela for the
nationalization of the
country"s main natural
resource.
It recalls that, as a
consequence of a
submissive policy, Exxon
Mobil had a stake in a
holding to tap the
Orinoco Oil Strip and
took part in actions of
corruption, extortion
and environmental
pollution.
The intellectuals accuse
the transnational of
plotting against
Venezuelan institutions,
involvement in the coup
against President Hugo
Chavez and evading
taxes.
The declaration has been
signed by Roman Chalboud,
former Vice President
Jose Vicente Rangel, Lil
Rodriguez, Aram
Aharonian, Luis Britto,
Carlos Azpurua, Ali
Rodriguez Araque, Eva
Golinger, Tarek Wiliam
Saab and Esteban Emilio
Mosonyi. |
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