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2015-01-11 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela's Maduro in OPEC kingpin Saudi for talks - "Please Please Please"

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Posted by Frank G 2015-01-11 13:39|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 tfsm on his mom's comp here.... it occurs to me that if Maduro and Yugo before him hadn't dismantled the Venezuelan oil industry they'd be able to threaten to increase production themselves.

And if wishes were horses...

Posted by Slomomp Hupumble5879 2015-01-11 14:35|| 2015-01-11 14:35|| Front Page Top

#2 but they have the loyalty of the block captains...til they start starving too

Posted by Frank G 2015-01-11 15:32|| 2015-01-11 15:32|| Front Page Top

#3 ...What's cute is that Maduro thinks the Saudis give a rat's behind about him. The fact that he's even IN the Magic Kingdom should tell you just how bad it is right now in the Workers Paradise.

"So sorry, Nicolas, but thanks for playing, and as a parting gift here's a case of Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco treat!!!"

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-01-11 17:08|| 2015-01-11 17:08|| Front Page Top

#4 I expect that Obama has asked the Saudis to undercut our oil industry.

Posted by Super Hose 2015-01-11 17:52|| 2015-01-11 17:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Meanwhile, back on Baltic Avenue, Maduro has mortgaged his hotel. All kidding aside, Maduro got a loan of desperation from his Chinese benefactors, in turn for managing his oil industry and the Chinese getting 600K bbl/day of low cost oil. BUT WAIT, there's more! 200K bbl/day goes to servicing the debt.

China cares about Maduro's plight as much as they care about Fat Boy's feudal kingdom. And the Saudis don't want to bankroll a loser, so.....he's on his own.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-01-11 19:09|| 2015-01-11 19:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Mike K., that's cold right there, cruel even. Oh yeah, it's as funny as hell. LOL!!!

Posted by AlanC 2015-01-11 19:56|| 2015-01-11 19:56|| Front Page Top

#7 AP he didn't forget a new loan, it was all blather about previous Chineese investments. If Maduro had gotten even 5 billion he would have cut the trip short and took his loaner Cubana Air straight hope and commene to cut the pie.

Posted by Shipman 2015-01-11 20:34|| 2015-01-11 20:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Home that is, Stage Hard Left.

Posted by Shipman 2015-01-11 20:34|| 2015-01-11 20:34|| Front Page Top

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