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Venezuela Chavez threatens to cut U.S. oil exports

CARACAS
Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:09am EDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday threatened to halt oil exports to the United States, "if there were aggression against Venezuela."

World  |  Barack Obama

Venezuela is a major U.S oil supplier.

(Reporting by Enrique Andres Pretel. Writing by Frank Jack Daniel, Editing by Sandra Maler)



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