When Iraq on the eve of the fall of Hussein and the invasion of their country, much is speculated that the man would blow the oil fields to the invader, should succeed in their goals, could not enjoy their ... benefits, but also was signed statement they can not be used for their own enjoyment. For the record, oil prices went through the roof, already elevated by the war situation.
And when the chapter of the war in Georgia, through whom the U.S. and European powers attempted to take the BTC (Baku-Ceylan-Tbilise) as well as the geostrategic Caucasus-Black Sea region, the Caspian Sea, the story was no different. Increased oil. 1.4 million barrels of oil through the pipeline were threatened in transit to Europe.
¹Not to mention Iran, Persian Gulf. The stormy specter of war on oil-producing country is a factor that inflates the figures gesture with each oil price. In nightmare is for consumer countries oil (Europe!) the threat of the Iranian government to block the Strait of Hormuz (passageway 100 km wide at the coast of Iran), through which the oil 40% sold in the world, namely, about 15 million barrels a day.
is now Egypt and the Suez Canal, that is, the connecting route between Eastern Europe and the coveted oil from the Gulf from Iran, via the Mediterranean Sea-Red Sea, that is, the road traffic of 26% oil of world imports. As if the blood of the world in the case, oil defines the importance of the arteries of movement and marked as areas of surgical operations and conflict (war) points that threaten its physiology and body of the global economy, both in distribution and generation. They are the seas rivers of the world and not just water arteries, but plasma oil, and countries and regions are proud of the hydrocarbon deposits, the generative bone marrow of the world economy. Any condition nodular critical points affects global system, triggering alarms in the global unrest, causing panic, dreams or nightmares of war, unleashing malicious speculation and increasing prices.
As far as Venezuela is concerned, world's largest reserve of oil, ² apparently unrelated to combat scenarios involving destabilization or leathery properties of the vital fluid (which I said, worth much more than water), the impression could not be more fraudulent. It is true, to clarify the reference to Egypt in an article on oil as black, no one will say that his rebellious atmosphere mainly due to reasons oil, but holds large deposits, as well as gas. He suffers seizures social and economic nature, the known consequences of exclusion and impoverishment generated by the capitalist model system. But what weighs in the balance of considerations of European countries and oil consuming the imagination of that country becoming unstable, not because of their condition ally or a country with certain hydrocarbon reserves ─ ─ negligible as its important transport channel! How it hurts in the lower abdomen that black gold more expensive for reasons as strictly non-oil, as social unrest, hunger, political transitions, etc! Egypt
happen on the train from oblivion with his present seizures were not for such coatings: some hydrocarbons in the coffers, and above all, the geostrategic importance of the channel. Ergo, it is not loquacious infer that concerns their political woven with a Machiavellian aspect of friendship, love interest, affection Hidrocarburante ─ ─ digásmolo well, that leaves no wind no emotional calculation on the board of the world's energy. But at last calculation, flaws, which is only interested in mechanically operate the Suez Canal, without concern for the internal, for the affections, the feelings, the political health of the nation, the love match, which usually separate the head and heart to make pocket.
discovery of water is not warm or chilly, but simple truth: nothing that has occurred or may occur in the African country can ignore the worksheet that have included the powerful "friendly" countries, auditors or omitted as conveniences. Love simplistic allies, who cares that oil and the channel has been up every detail social and political country for decades, but omitting it, turning a blind eye, condoning the breaking of human rights and supporting citizens to a system of social inequity eternal, as if it were something far without the power to affect their interests. And now that the social and political bubble bursts, they continue on the details (all details!), still making the long view, practicing omissions, ignoring popular demands, but always supporting the regime crumbling, just concerned about the geostrategic functionality Mubarak ally, the world's oil and its circulation channel. Also
can talk about Venezuela. She is there, seemingly at peace, while it has not raised a rifle to defend its sovereignty and wealth, as stated in the Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, etc. One other little problem that has plagued social character, safe, safety (and forgive the rhyme), probably the lack of housing in many of his compatriots, living a sort of utopian revolution, humanistic (and point out their detractors) that bumps up everywhere, with great certainty opposition destabilized by a factory dismantled the traditional political power, with foreign aid ... Common problems of the commonly called third world or developing countries.
As in Egypt, no one will say that their little problems as a node with hydrocarbons, gas, oil reserves, its market, its price beyond which he is accused of not diversify its economy and social suffering and the fluctuation consequent economic contribution of black item on the world stage. But it's there, rotting oil, and it is apparent hypocritical it does not matter that another wonder that their oil. It must be said. As Iraq or Egypt, war for oil or conventional means of social crisis typical of Third World countries but not away from their importance oil economic, respectively, Venezuela is a country absolutely monitored on a map of the world war for oil and geostrategic positioning of military powers, especially those which have no oil (or not enough to own) and anxiously looking mortal.
so that no country can ever be said in, accidentally or innocently, will "happen" things, little things, issues and problems, as it claims to be economically or politically unstable because groups or organizations on a daily basis to complain of restrictions on private property or freedom, to be terrorist, guerrilla or drug dealer, nicknamed beyond communist or left plot-imperial relic who swallowed time. Just as in Egypt as mentioned details obliterate it (as indeed it did) because it is an ally of Western powers in Venezuela is encouraging, more so if the country proclaimed its independence economic, social and political life of the asset colonialism. To show the lock: after racks, U.S. supported the 2002 coup in Venezuela, the buzz in the Plaza Altamira, the oil strike, all apparent acts of destabilization typical of a Third World country, nothing serious, just a country with social problems. The other side currency is anxiety for its deposits of oil, geo-strategy that would provide the submission of Venezuela and the discomfort of "communism stale" (as they say) of Hugo Chávez.
In fact, by the way, the oil strike inflated prices of oil in its time, the subject of which we speak and with which we finished. I would say the people on the street, derogatory, or thankfully, according to their political leanings: "That Chavez if lucky, he always saves the increase in oil prices", realizing that the country's economy is sustained by the health of the oil as a commodity. will say that on arrival prices rose to power, but no mention that the old East traveled to position and strengthen the product, we will say that when it requires extra money, prices rise, strengthening its mandate, and will not be saying that now that there is an internal contingency affected by the rains, pearl falls increased prices because of the events in Egypt. As say schadenfreude joy to own, some celebrating the coy, others by the hair pulling with alleged outrage.
However, such moral scruples is a topic for another time and space. What concerns this reflection is the next fastener of immediate survival: Venezuela's fate was sealed as oil country (accept it or not the intellectual and idealistic), a resource that will soon disappear from the bowels of the earth. is a matter of survival or death, deleted or highlighted national policies beyond differentiation. Tackling such "placement" colonialist and supplier country, national attempting to diversify the livelihood exploiting another source of wealth, seeking to avoid a similar fate imperial tentacles will always be a matter of war and revolution (Lenin said that every revolution is war). It will be even trying to protect, save or self-manage the resource, in case you decide not to rely Venezuela hereinafter hydrocarbons (if this would ipso facto possible), that is, sell them. Romper affiliates or units will always be a act of revolution. This would be a declaration of war to dependents, and will shortly you try to force the sale or a defensive war against invasion. As
complicating the outlook for oil in the world, is in circulation, distribution sites, prices, so the appetite for the imperial powers, industrial and military defeat, to that extent the fate of misfortune will turn his face toward us and began to blow like a gentle picturesque tropical beaches of supply. We must prepare.
Notes: ¹
Oscar J. Cameron: "Operation Ossetia to Bolivia" [online]. In Animal political. - 29 August 2008. - [Screen 1]. - http://zoopolitico.blogspot.com/2008/08/operacin-osetia-para-bolivia.html . - [See: 8 February 2011].
² I raise some quick numbers: "According to estimates from geological service of the U.S. 513 billion barrels only in the Orinoco belt, 80 billion barrels of conventional reserves, 30 billion barrels natural gas equivalent (Taken from Joel Sangronis Register: "The Impact of the Arab revolution in Venezuela" [online]. In Indian Newspapers . - 3 August 2011. - [Screen 1]. - http://www.prensaindigena.org.mx/?q=content/venezuela-repercusiones-de-la-revoluci% C3% B3n-% C3% A1rabe en Venezuela. - [See: 8 February 2011]).
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