'Privatize oil!' is cry of 'democrats'
A short article in Venezuela's daily El País on Jan.
6 speaks volumes on the goals of the opposition to President
Hugo Chávez--especially the type of "democracy" they are
advocating.
"Private participation proposed for PDVSA" is the headline
on the article, referring to Petroleos de Venezuela, the
state-run oil company.
"The Proyecto País of the [opposition] Democratic
Coordinating Committee, headed by José Curiel, presented
the agenda for reconstructing Venezuela, composed of 40 actions
to be taken in a post-Chávez future.
"Among the most notable aspects are those in the area of
energy, where they propose: giving autonomy to PDVSA and
changing from a State-Oil to a Society-Oil company, where there
will be an opening for the democratization of capital from the
hydrocarbon industry...
"They propose revising the position of Venezuela in OPEC,
and opening to private investment in the energy sector and
privatizing the electric companies."
--Andy McInerney
Reprinted from the Jan. 16, 2003, issue of
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