Chavez pledges oil aid for Caribbean
From Times Wire Reports
President Hugo Chavez pledged to meet Caribbean nations’ oil needs for years to come, and urged the region to unite and seek greater independence from the United States.
Chavez deepened past pledges to share his country’s oil wealth as he addressed a summit of nations taking part in Venezuela’s Petrocaribe oil initiative, which supplies fuel under preferential terms.
“If we truly unite . . . the grandchildren of our grandchildren will have no energy problems,” Chavez said.
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