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Venezuela Threatens To
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Europe In Protest at EU
Immigration Law
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Venezuela Threatens To
Suspend Oil Supply To
Europe In Protest at EU
Immigration Law
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez said
Thursday his country
will suspend oil
supplies to European
countries if the new EU
immigration law comes
into force.
"Our petroleum should
not go to those European
countries" that apply
the new law, Chavez said
when meeting with
visiting Paraguayan
President-elect Fernando
Lugo, who also voiced
his opposition to the
law.
Lugo said the law is
against human rights.
Chavez and Lugo held a
joint press conference
in the Simon Bolivar
Hall to endorse the
establishment of a
strategic alliance in
the fields of energy and
food between the two
countries.
Chavez called the
"Return Directive"
approved Wednesday by
the European Parliament
"outrageous" and "the
directive of shame."
The new rules seek to
extend the period of
detention of illegal
immigrants to 18 months
and to set the maximum
length of the entry ban
after their deportation.
Chavez said such
legislation is
unacceptable and invited
Latin American and
African nations to form
a common front in
rejection of the
anti-immigration law.
Chavez also ordered
Foreign Minister Nicolas
Maduro and Energy
Minister Rafael Ramirez
to pay attention to the
so-called return
directive and prepare a
response.
He said after the wars
in Europe, many European
immigrants, almost naked
and without money,
arrived in the Americas
and hoped for a new
life. "None of them were
rejected," Chavez added.
In a TV speech, Chavez
said the EU move shows
"signs of fascism" and
that Europe will "build
concentration camps" to
hold millions of
immigrants.
Moreover, Chavez called
on the Organization of
American Sates (OAS) and
African countries to
defend the dignity of
their people and said
Venezuela did not need
the investment of
European nations.
Chavez said he will wait
for the reaction of the
governments of European
countries.
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