Venezuela Signs $2Bln Oil Deal with Russia to Avoid Default

[frigidmagi]

Why isn't CNN discussing this?

[quote]Venezuela, the world’s fifth-largest oil exporter, has struck a $2 billion deal to buy about 100,000 barrels a day of crude oil from Russia until the end of the year, the British Financial Times reported on Friday, April 28.

Venezuela has been forced to turn to its ally Russia, because the Latin American country faces a shortfall in its own production, a person familiar with the deal told the paper. This in turn puts the country in risk of defaulting on contracts with “clientsâ€

[Hotfoot]

You stupid unamerican prick. Can't you see that press coverage of Tom Cruise is vital to our economy? If people start thinking about him, they'll think of the new movie he's in, and then they'll go see that movie, which keeps our hollywood movie economy vibrant! If we don't have constant press coverage of our stars, how will we remind people to go see their movies? If Hollywood doesn't make millions on each movie, THE TERRORISTS HAVE WON!!!!

And we wouldn't want terrorists to win World War III, would we? WOULD WE? WOULD YOU SPIT IN THE FACE OF THE GREATEST GENERATION? You make me sick, you flag burning liberal hippie puke.

</fucking moron>

[frigidmagi]

There's a special kinda of irony in you or Nitram running that gag at me. I gotta wonder if it's the main reason y'all do it?

[Hotfoot]

It definately helps. A lot.

[Mayabird]

There's only two things CNN is good for: keeping me not quite bored out of my mind when my flight has been delayed at Hartsfield and I forgot to bring a book, and picking up weird stories from Atlanta. If something happens in Atlanta, they're on it like the North Avenue hobos on a bottle of cheap booze (North Avenue runs through downtown Atlanta and borders GT - just trust me on this).

So where is Bolivia going to be getting its oil and gas from now?