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Venezuela: Idea of 'Energy Security' in U.S. is Fantasy
By Bernardo Alvarez
The Houston Chronicle
July 16, 2007

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The United States can continue to look only inward in a self-defeating effort to achieve a chimerical "energy security." Or, it can rethink its foreign policy with respect to Latin America. It is a fool's errand for the United States to try to gain "energy independence" for itself. Simply put, it is impossible. Energy independence within the hemisphere can be achieved, however.

Instead of heaping condemnation on us for our vision of what constitutes true energy security for all countries, including the United States, and the means to achieve it, the United States should heed our call to engage in dialogue with us on the basis of mutual respect between sovereign nations.

Venezuela's right to manage its nonrenewable energy resources in ways that provide maximum benefit to its people and the people of the hemisphere, in accordance with the will and dignity of our citizenry, is fundamental. We would welcome the United States' acknowledgement of this right, and we invite it to work with us in a spirit of true comity in this vital endeavor.



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