Comments on: Why Venezuela’s referendum is the least of Hugo Chávez’s Worries http://www.latintelligence.com/2009/02/15/why-venezuela%e2%80%99s-referendum-is-the-least-of-hugo-chavez%e2%80%99s-worries/ by Shannon K. O'Neil Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:20:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Philip Herold http://www.latintelligence.com/2009/02/15/why-venezuela%e2%80%99s-referendum-is-the-least-of-hugo-chavez%e2%80%99s-worries/comment-page-1/#comment-15135 Philip Herold Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:52:05 +0000 http://www.latintelligence.com/?p=210#comment-15135 What I have not seen mentioned in some of the public discussions (including last night's on News Hour), has been Venezuela's reliance on it's CITGO distribution arm, and the US's unique refining capabilities of Venezuela's specificlly less-sweet type of crude. Venezuela's near-total reliance on oil exports, and Chavez's fiery rhetoric seem to make for an 'interesting' reliance on the US market, to say the least. Am I overestimating this relationship, or is it simply too granular a point for inclusion in the discussions? I am not sure if there is a more specifically linear contradiction between saying one thing and doing another. What I have not seen mentioned in some of the public discussions (including last night’s on News Hour), has been Venezuela’s reliance on it’s CITGO distribution arm, and the US’s unique refining capabilities of Venezuela’s specificlly less-sweet type of crude.

Venezuela’s near-total reliance on oil exports, and Chavez’s fiery rhetoric seem to make for an ‘interesting’ reliance on the US market, to say the least.

Am I overestimating this relationship, or is it simply too granular a point for inclusion in the discussions? I am not sure if there is a more specifically linear contradiction between saying one thing and doing another.

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