It is said that there’s always a first time for everything; this very well may be true. Today is the first time I see an orangutan wearing a red scarf.
One dictator selling oil to another dictator, both of whom denounce capitalism, yet both of whom steal from “their” people and are worth millions. Isn’t it easy to criticize capitalism when one is worth tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars? These men are such hypocrites they even lie to themselves. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
MINSK, Belarus – In one of his typical flamboyant gestures, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday promised to provide oil to the former Soviet republic of Belarus for the next 200 years.
Chavez, who was visiting Belarus on Saturday, promised that Belarusian refineries — the backbone of the country’s economy — “would feel no shortages of oil in the next 200 years.”
Venezuela in March agreed to ship 80,000 barrels of heavy crude a day to Belarus as well as create a joint venture to develop oil and natural gas projects in this South American country.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who critics have dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is anxious to diversify away from Russian oil supplies as his relations with Moscow grow increasingly sour. Lukashenko is facing a presidential election in December but Moscow has so far refrained from endorsing his bid.
Chavez was in Moscow earlier this week, where he reached a deal with Russia to build Venezuela’s first nuclear plant and signed a few energy pacts.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday Russia would soon deliver 35 sophisticated tanks to Venezuela, but did not elaborate. Venezuela has since 2005 spent $4 billion on Russian arms, including helicopters, warplanes and Kalashnikov assault rifles.
Chavez also used his visit to Minsk as yet another occasion to lambast global capitalism:
“There are no debtors in our relationship,” he said. “We are comrades and we are building an alternative to imperialism — a multipolar world.”