How do I confirm that Chavez owns Citgo gas?

Question

My friend believes he 'sold' Citgo, where shall I get proof he owns it? How do I show that, while names change, he has oil/gas which is here on American soil? Thank you for helping.

Answer 1

Here's a link to a very thorough explanation of any link between them on Snopes.com:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/citgo.asp

Answer 2

I found this

But in fact there's nothing ordinary about Citgo. One of the USA's largest refiners, Citgo is a subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA). As such, it ultimately belongs to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, an avowedly anti-American leader who counts Fidel Castro among his closest friends and mocks President Bush as a "genocidal murderer."

here
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2006-01-11-citgo-cover-usat_x.htm

Answer 3

They are things that can only be discovered after hundreds and hundreds of trials. And of course, strict restriction needs to be in place. However, because the basis of science is always changing due to new discoveries, we need to also have sympathy to the drug company as well. They are not miracle makers, they only try to make profits by selling something that they "think" might help other people. Imagine the world without antibiotics and other medication, how many people would have to die? If we agree that science can be changed, the drug company might not have an excuse of increasing medication prices because of law suit.Also if we look at any other area that has used the socialist system it has bogged down and failed to live up to its Utopian promise. No system is perfect but open and free market is the best out there.

Answer 4

I don't believe that Hugo Chavez "owns" Citgo Petroleum, but he is a major supplier of oil to that company. He has quite a hand in dealing with them. Venezuela had been a major supplier of oil to the U.S. and other Western nations until Hugo Chavez took power. Now he is using oil revenues to purchase weapons, and has been walking hand in hand with Iran, who is a state sponsor of terrorism.

I personally do not buy Citgo petroleum products for that reason.