The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has learned of the decision announced by the Department of State of the United States to impose sanctions against our oil national company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), as part of a unilateral law targeting the Islamic Republic of Iran known as CISADA.
The Bolivarian Government expresses its strongest rejection to this decision since it constitutes a hostile action on the fringes of international law that violates the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its revolution have a strong, independent and sovereign oil industry able to operate and permanently fulfill its commitments. Faced with this aggression, Venezuela further ratifies its oil independence and sovereignty.
The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is undertaking a general assessment of the situation to determine how these sanctions affect the operational capacity of our oil industry and, therefore, the supply of 1.2 million barrels of oil per day to the U.S. Pending this assessment, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reserves itself the most adequate answer to this imperialist aggression.
The revolutionary Government calls on all the Venezuelan people, laborers and especially the oil workers, to stay alert and mobilized in defense of our PDVSA and the sacred sovereignty of the homeland.
The bottom line is money, all the way around.
Reading the comments it is embarrassing how uninformed some of you all are.
Iran is not a dictatorship, they actually have elections there.
You want to know the real dictatorships? Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain and the majority of countries in the Middle East which are aligned with the United States. Egypt and Tunisia just recently over-throwed their dictators.
Mubharak of Eqypt was hated by his people for being a US puppet!!
The Saudis are supposedly the US closest Arab ally, yet the 9/11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia!! What does that say? The US supports the corrupt dictators who live lives of opulence in these Middle Eastern countries, while their citizens are oppressed and frustrated and turn to religious extremism and terrorism.
The US government is the biggest supporter of dictatorship and corruption in the world and only brainwashed, uninformed people do not realize that as yet.
Goog news ! !! IRAN is now a democracy !!! I did’nt know that ! when did it happen ? yesterday ?
How comes it’s not in the news headlines as yet ?
what means elections in such countries, like Iran or Venezuela ?
Why did Chavez modify the Constitution for him to be able to stay in power as long as he wants ?
why did he closed down 33 radio and TV private stations that did not support him ?
why does he jail political opposants ?
open your eyes man !
YOU MAD
The US has been a threat to itself from the time the ancestors reap off the indians,who are the true americans.they are always afraid of retaliation,and so they find reasons to accuse,even when they wrong and lie,to support their aggressivity.they like to play in people’s backyard and dictate to them their way of life.i don’t support Chavez and some of his doings,but the US must respect others.
Hence the reason cruise ships pull out of Dominica.
Its been a few years now that iran, russia(Gog) and Venezuela have been exerting military presence in the caribbean sea.
Iran and Venezuela have agreed to have iranian ballistic missiles manned by Iranian revolutionary guard to be stationed in Venezuelan ‘territory’ …includes Bird island and 1/2 of Dominicas territorial sea.
Able to reach us cities.
Amagedon at our doorstep….dimples style
Loook how israel is being surrounded by the iranian led hezbullar agenda as the world debates the september establishment of palestinian state.
Dominica must decide what side of amagedon it will be
and iran/venezuela, russia, china and the arab league will make war with the children of israel and israel supporters….
you can see whats happening with all that news on cooperation with iran, russia and china, the time has to pass cause the bible says so. but there are so many people who have no idea of what is happening because their mind is clouded with the love of money. ALWAYS REMEMBER THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH..
CHAVEZ IS AN EVIL MAN
You sound like that waco pastor who predicted the ‘Doomsday”. The sad thing about it is that people like you always seem to find a gullible few who listen to and follow your nonsemsical arguments and reasoning. No wonder the world is as it is today. What a shame!!!
iran together with venezuela is no match for the us just wat they have to do is touch a cruise ship or a battle ship and u will see the us true collars i
DNO YOU BEAT ME TO THAT COMMENT, THANKS ANYWAY, IT SEEM LIKE OUR GREED WILL FINALLY CATCH UP WITH US..
Whats bugging the US is that Venezuela refuses to dance to the tune of US oil companys and Washingtons Israel Lobby.
Chavez may be a crook, but at least he’s pushing Venezuelan interests and not Halliburton, Texaco and Israel’s interests.
stupes
@ Hugo Grotius: It seems you can’t handle the truth. Poor misguided soul. Your mind and heart must be sold to the great forerunner to the false messiah or anti-christ.
GO EDUCATE YOURSELF
CHAVEZ = IRAN = Dictatorships
I am so sad that my beloved DOMINICA has joined the ultra-leftist ALBA organisation and positionned itself against USA, Europe, … all these democracies where freedom and free speech mean something !
Hope that all my fellowdominicans will understand one day the danger of such relationships with Chavez, who is gradually taking control of all these Caribbean islands, by providing petrol and financial assistance to them.
Let us pray for DA to withdraw from this organisation
Isn’t China a dictatorship? Yet, America has relations with China to the extent that America owes China billions of dollars; could you kindly show me the logic in your reasoning please.
Secondly, when DA withdraws from Venezuela, what alternative do you have? Can America and your western allies provide you with aid? These countries are in serious recession now.
No. China is not a dictatorship. China has its own style of goverment,and administration based on the Mandarins, that is over 4000 years old.
Very interesting! What is Dominica’s position on this?
CHAVEZ BE FORE WARNED LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT YOU SHALL BE PLUCKED AWAY AND SENT TO A WATERY GRAVE OOPS, DON,T FORGET WHO’S THE BOSS. DOMINICA AIN’T GOT NO ARMY SO WE CANNOT HELP YOU FIGHT AND THE REST OF YOUR ALBA BUDDIES ALAS PAPA CHAVO THEY CANNOT HELP YOU. BUT DOH WORRY DOMINICA HAVE PLENTY STONE WE WILL FORM A STONE BRIGADE
WE WILL SEND DEM POLICE THAT PLAYING POLITICS
Our sanction are the cruise pulling out.Today i met a lady who was spending her last US dollar she told me,she is a vendor on the bay front.Bus drivers go and park the buses at Discover Dominica Authority,financial centre and at the state malice.
ALL I AM GOING TO SAY IS “REMEMBER GRENADA IN 81” CHAVEZ IS A MAD MAN AND IT SHOULD BE QUITE OBVIOUS. REVOLUSIONARY GOV MY RASS. BRAINWASHING THIER PEOPLE TO MAKE THEM THINK AMERICA IS THE CAUSE OF THEIR PROBLEMS.
THE OIL IS NOT STOLEN. IT IS BOUGHT BY AMERICA AND THESE COUNTRIES MAKE BILLIONS ON OIL REVENUE. THEY USE THE FUNDS TO BUY WEPONS AND BUILD MILLITARIES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES WHILE THE MASSES LIVE IN POVERTY AND OPPRESSION. WHEN SANCTIONS ARE PUT ON THEM THEY USE IT AS A TOOL TO BLAME AMERICA.
DOMINICA BETTER STAY OUT OF THAT CRAP. IF THE PM KNOW WHAT THAT GOOD FOR HIM HE SHOULD KEEP CHAVEZ AT A DISTANCE.
People like you are soooo brainwashed, it is not funny!!!!!
keep it up Feds….we have a little mice called a next level which we hope and pray soon you will get it vanished from the planet……..the feds must be respected…
some of don ot understand what is going on the usa has sanction against iran because iran is a threat to world peace and is developing nuclear weapons chavez wants to support iran in everything they are doing event to wipe out israel out on the face of the earth.with iran having access to the caribbean members of alba ,dominica ,venuezuela, cuba u know the list will be a threat to the usa ,americas and the caribbean.would you allow murderers raptist and other criminals have access to your neighborhoor?
you are an idiot.. stop trying to educate people when you are obviously not well educated on this particular area of knowledge… ur statement is just disappointing.. VERY!!!
so go educate urself and stop watching fox news or cnn, msnbc.. etc and find the truth before you go regurgitating other people’s rubbish they want you to believe..
iran is building a nuclear power plant, one that it has right to so under international law and as a signatory of the NNPT. Russia is the one building the nuclear plant in Iran which will be handed over to Iran once operational.
The US has a habbit of being aggressive to countries with oil that do not want to make there money hungry freinds enslave them and control their country’s wealth.. (see libya)
so stop listening and read… because reading is fundamental
FOX has them stupid.. How the only country that ever used a nuclear bomd, tell another country they can’t have one?
iran building what for power … i think you are the JACKASS… any nuck power plant can produce weapons grade plutonium… so you think iran will not use them in a nuck, is that what you are saying..
and you even want to tell us what news not to listen to, can you please recommend youR news media so i can listen to it to…
its people like allu that jumpup when osama plane bomb the tower yet you want their U.S dollars from tourism..
i always say one fool admires the other, YOU ADMIRE CHAVEZ AND CHAVEZ ADMIRE YOU
you are so right iran is the greatest threat to world peace but iran doesnt have the military capabilities to wipe out the most powerful country in the mideast of course u know this is israel you can never fight down gods chosen ppl on the other hand why dont they attack iran instead of libya is lybia a threat to world peace isnt syria a greater threat to its people whose demonstrating peacefully why not take action againts bharain obama i must admit is just another george bush double standard this is america when u are an ally of the us anything u do its ok
Double standard indeed, strikes against Libya, non against Syria, Eygpt, and Iran. Who is deciding which country to attack.
Here we go Oil again .This will forever bring war cause America wants what they can’t have …
It’s not America, it’s the U.N. that is behind all of this……try global govt. and the elite that run it.
Where the UN gets most of their money. USA..
but if states stop buying there oil they cook yuh so wha they makign noise about 3/4 of there oil goign states
another war, just what the world needs
Hahahhahahahah. Chavez and his ALBA allies are preparing for war with the USA??? WOOSH!
wow