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Venezuela: Oil, EU Immigration Policy and Empty Threats
Jun 20, 2008 | 18:18 GMT
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Summary
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez again threatened to cut oil exports for political reasons, this time threatening the European Union because of a new EU immigration policy that will impact Latin American immigrants. Although the immigration issue is important to Latin America, there is little that Chavez can do to change the EU stance — meaning his threats are largely empty.
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