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Venezuela   Hugo Chavez Caracas, Venezuela

Personal Information: Hugo Chavez was born into a group of people called the Llanos. They are located in the Venezuelan Plains. Llaneros are a very talkative and imaginative. This attribute is an asset to his speech giving technique. Caree**r** Accomplishments: In 1992, Chavez organized a group of over 12,000 people to overthrow the Perez government. Chavez was unsuccessful and ended up in prison where he became famous through the media. He preached that he would make change for the better. At this time the current president was struggling and had 80% of his people in poverty. The public immediately elected Chavez as president. During his presidency he attempted to widen the use of farmland in Venezuela by giving land that wasn’t being used to poor farmers. This angered the wealthy landowners and they feared that he would start taking privately owned land. He then attempted to censor all media sources that were speaking negatively of him. Violent protests eventually took their toll on Chavez be driving him out of office temporarily. Work Experience: Hugo Chavez was a skilled baseball player. Following high school, he earned a scholarship to the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences. There he earned a degree in military sciences and engineering. From there Chavez joined the army and became a Lieutenant Colonel and the leader of an elite paratrooper unit. Education: Hugo Chavez earned a scholarship to the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences where he earned a degree in military sciences and engineering. After being in the military for a few months he started studying at the Simon Bolivar University. Professional Affiliations and Interests: During Chavez’s years in college he and a few colleagues developed a nationalist doctrine that they called “Bolivarianism”. Some of the main aspects of this type of this philosophy is economic self-sufficiency and to put an end to political corruption. The movement of establishing this type of government is called the “Bolivarian Revolution”. After going to jail for his failed attempt to overthrow the leader he formed The Fifth Republic Movement, a left-wing socialist party. References: Simon Bolivar, President Juan Velasco, Fidel Castro, President Rafael Caldera.

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__ CITGO should not be allowed to help America __ CITGO is one of the United States largest refiners. CITGO is a Venezuela state-owned oil company. CITGO ultimately belongs to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. President Hugo is an openly anti-American leader who best friend is Fidel Castro and has called President Bush “the greatest terrorist in the world”. Today, PDVSA's oil production is down to 1.5 million barrels a day from 3.3 million barrels in 1999, says Luis Giusti, who quit as national oil company president when Chávez took over. But thanks to oil prices above $60 a barrel, Chávez's control of PDVSA has allowed him to lavish billions of dollars on social projects and an anti-American foreign policy. President Hugo has said many bad things about American and George Bush. Chávez told a business group in Caracas: "The planet's most serious danger is the government of the United States. ... The people of the United States are being governed by a killer, a genocidal murderer and a madman." The comment followed congressional testimony by a State Department official that labeled Venezuela "a threat to regional stability." Venezuela dictator, Hugo Chávez, vows to bring down the U.S government. Hugo Chávez said to a television audience, “Enough of imperialistic aggression; we must tell the world: down with the U.S empire. We must have to bury imperialism in this century.” The issue is that we have a Venezuelan dictator, Hugo Chávez, pushing a socialist revolution and planning on bringing down the United States government; to accomplish his goals Chávez is using our money we give to CITGO heating oil. United States citizens that love the type of government we have should not be funding someone that will use out money to bring down our government.



**__Never bite the hands that feed you__**
by:Asmera Oil is a big controversial thing in countries everywhere especially in America. There really hasn’t been done about prices and settlements with gas between countries, but in Venezuela president Chavez is trying to change that. A lot of people argue that Venezuela shouldn’t b permitted to subsidize poor Americans for their heating oil but why not? Citgo should absolutely be able to subsidize Americans for their heating oil because their helping Americans, while making good business for themselves. Citgo has provided a way for all the poor families who, because of the increasing oil costs, have had to choose between important things like and food and medicine versus heating their homes. In 2006 Citgo had shared oil with only eight countries including Philadelphia, by 2010 they had over 25 countries to whom they were sharing gas with. This dramatically decreased the number of poor families and them having to make the hard decision between heat and food/medicine. Citgo has even created programs for families to give more support like the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which is a program that gives families in certain countries a set price plan for oil. Citgo really creates ways for poor families to keep their homes heated and not have to go without eating or taking an important medicine. Citgo cares about the people and their needs their not out to hold back anybody, so yes Citgo should be able to share their oil with America.