The Return of Resource Nationalism

Posted by Rob Fleming on Aug 22nd, 2007
2007
Aug 22

Venezuela is one of a few resource-rich countries attempting to renationalize the property of multinational corporations (AP Images/Fernando Llano). In early 2007, Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez gave some of the world’s biggest oil companies a choice (HChron): turn over majority control of their projects to a state-owned company and remain as minority partners, or face [...]

Wall Street Journal Claims Chavez Oil Policy “Aims To Weaken US”

Posted by Rob Fleming on Aug 22nd, 2007
2007
Aug 22

By Stephen Lendman
The Wall Street Journal’s main Hugo Chavez antagonist is its self-styled Latin American “expert” Mary Anastasia O’Grady who makes up for in imagination and vitriol what she lacks in knowledge and journalistic integrity. She, however, wasn’t assigned to write the May 1 Journal attack piece reporters David Luhnow in Mexico City and Peter [...]