Venezuela will no longer tolerate USA interference; draws the line at oil supply cuts

Venezuela will no longer tolerate USA interference; draws the line at oil supply cuts

Venezuela's Foreign Minister (MRE) Ali Rodriguez Araque has warned that Venezuela will no longer tolerate any interference in its sovereign domestic political affairs by the United States of America.

Rodriguez Araque told reporters in Caracas that as far as Washington D.C. is concerned "it is intolerable that any foreign country should interfere in matters which are the exclusive responsibility of the government of Venezuela ... we want to have the best possible (commercial and diplomatic) relations the United States but when they make aggressive declarations against our country there will be consequences."

As far as crude oil supplies are concerned, former OPEC Secretary General Rodriguez Araque says Venezuela is diversifying to reach a greater number of clients "but this does not signify that we are reducing oil supplies to the United States."

The Foreign Minister maintains that Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is increasing its production of crude oil and is looking ahead to a point where the state-owned oil conglomerate will produce as much as 5 million barrels per day (bpd) to supply "other markets."

In other news, the Foreign Minister says that he has received no explanation from Colombia with regard to the recent detention (allegedly in Caracas) of Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) international representative Rodrigo Granda. "As far as I am aware, we have received no observations from the Colombian government in this matter ... I do not have any more information (unconfirmed) reports that have appeared in the media."

Venezuela's opposition media has been cock-a-hoop over reports in Colombian newspapers Granda has been "intercepted" in Caracas and clandestinely removed to Colombia. Granda, Alias Ricardo Gonzalez or El Mago (The Magician), Granda is considered by Colombian authorities to be a member of an international committee of the FARC guerrilla which has waged war with Bogota for four decades and is seen as being the Foreign Minister of a Revolutionary Colombian government aiming to replace that of current President Alvaro Uribe Velez.

Venezuela will no longer tolerate USA interference; draws the line at oil supply cuts

Venezuela's Foreign Minister (MRE) Ali Rodriguez Araque has warned that Venezuela will no longer tolerate any interference in its sovereign domestic political affairs by the United States of America.

Rodriguez Araque told reporters in Caracas that as far as Washington D.C. is concerned "it is intolerable that any foreign country should interfere in matters which are the exclusive responsibility of the government of Venezuela ... we want to have the best possible (commercial and diplomatic) relations the United States but when they make aggressive declarations against our country there will be consequences."

As far as crude oil supplies are concerned, former OPEC Secretary General Rodriguez Araque says Venezuela is diversifying to reach a greater number of clients "but this does not signify that we are reducing oil supplies to the United States."

The Foreign Minister maintains that Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is increasing its production of crude oil and is looking ahead to a point where the state-owned oil conglomerate will produce as much as 5 million barrels per day (bpd) to supply "other markets."

In other news, the Foreign Minister says that he has received no explanation from Colombia with regard to the recent detention (allegedly in Caracas) of Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) international representative Rodrigo Granda. "As far as I am aware, we have received no observations from the Colombian government in this matter ... I do not have any more information (unconfirmed) reports that have appeared in the media."

Venezuela's opposition media has been cock-a-hoop over reports in Colombian newspapers Granda has been "intercepted" in Caracas and clandestinely removed to Colombia. Granda, Alias Ricardo Gonzalez or El Mago (The Magician), Granda is considered by Colombian authorities to be a member of an international committee of the FARC guerrilla which has waged war with Bogota for four decades and is seen as being the Foreign Minister of a Revolutionary Colombian government aiming to replace that of current President Alvaro Uribe Velez.