Silence for oil
It might not be easy because Russia’s control of Europe’s main oil and gas supplies but it would be the right thing to do. It is certainly harder than dealing with Zimbabwe, which regime has rightly received strong verbal attacks from the European Union for its lack of respect for Human Rights. It is interesting, and sad, to see how European Union’s verbal strength dilutes in oil and some of its members have signed bilateral agreements with the Kremlin to guarantee their own energy supply. The silence of many of its members regarding oil-powered Russia’s worrying record on liberties says much more about Europe’s commitment to freedom than its attacks to third-world Zimbabwe.

Mr Putin and Mr Medvedev, from www.minnpost.com/
(Spanish) Silencio por petroleo
Puede que no sea sencillo gracias al control de Rusia sobre el abastecimiento europeo de petróleo y gas. Desde luego, es mas difícil que criticar a Zimbawe, cuyo régimen ha sido atacado verbalmente por la Unión Europea, con razón, por su falta de respeto por los Derechos Humanos. Es interesante, y triste, el ver como la fuerza la Unión Europea se diluye en petróleo y el ver como algunos de sus miembros firman pactos bilaterales con Rusia para garantizar su propio abastecimiento de energía. El silencio de muchos miembros de la Unión sobre la preocupante falta de libertad en Rusia dice mucho mas sobre el compromiso de Europa con la libertad que sus ataques al tercermundista Zimbawe
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Many Americans are boycotting Cities Service (CITGO) gas stations because of their anger over the President of Venezuela’s anti-American posture. The national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela owns CITGO.
CITCO has started to change the name of some of its stores to “PETRO EXPRESS” in order to fool the American consumer. I doubt that a name change will work.
I think a more-nuanced American President combined with a less anti-Cuban American foreign policy would do much to relieve anti-American feelings in Latin America.
Seneca