The War on Cuba and Venezuela

The War on Cuba and Venezuela

But not only did the Cuban people benefit from subsidized or no-cost Venezuelan oil; the Venezuelan working class did too, from the Cuban health, culture and literacy missions, such as Barrio Adentro and Misión Robinson, now common throughout the country. Under Chavez’s PDVSA, which since 1986 has owned a majority share of U.S. oil refiner and distributor CITGO, the U.S. poor and people of color also benefited from Venezuelan oil, as Joe Kennedy’s Citizens Energy Corporation worked with Chavez to deliver free heating fuel to homeless shelters, low-income communities of colors and Native American reservations.

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Refiner Citgo prepares to fend off Venezuela’s opposition government | Reuters

* Maduro says to defend U.S. refiner Citgo as Venezuelan property

* Citgo board retreats to Bahamas to plan legal moves

* Citgo strategy to avoid U.S. attempts to divert revenues

* PDVSA unit Citgo is biggest U.S. importer of Venezuelan crude

By Marianna Parraga and Corina Pons

MEXICO CITY/CARACAS, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s most important foreign asset, its $10 billion U.S. refining arm Citgo Petroleum, is hunkering down to arm itself with a legal strategy to block efforts for its board to be removed and its revenues diverted to an opposition government, sources close to the talks said.

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