I truly wish he doesn't do it, since it's us the Venezuelans who would really get kicked in the nads. We're only responsible for about 12% of your oil income --which translates to about 80% of our production. You could think he's standing up for his country, but the truth seems to be is that the state oil company cannot reach the levels of production we once had because of the poor expertise the personnel has in the refineries after he fired more than 40% of the former personnel, in some cases people who had been working there for years. And when you think that he's giving away --really giving away, as in no charge-- to countries like Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras and the city of London, there's...

I truly wish he doesn't do it, since it's us the Venezuelans who would really get kicked in the nads. We're only responsible for about 12% of your oil income --which translates to about 80% of our production. You could think he's standing up for his country, but the truth seems to be is that the state oil company cannot reach the levels of production we once had because of the poor expertise the personnel has in the refineries after he fired more than 40% of the former personnel, in some cases people who had been working there for years. And when you think that he's giving away --really giving away, as in no charge-- to countries like Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras and the city of London, there's not much money that's going to come in. I'm not saying that Exxon is a saint, maybe they are being quite a bit more than a little over-ambitious, but this "them's fightin' words" attitude of Chavez is not good for anyone. Especially not for us.