Originally Posted by Tempest

Venezuela has the 2nd largest oil reserve (tar sands) in the world behind Canada. Tar sands will be the big suppliers of oil once all the "easy" oil becomes more scarce. I've been saying it for a while now.. the US government is slowly demonizing Venezuela so that in a decade or 2 they'll have jutification to invade. But then again, maybe before then Hugo Chavez will "die" and someone more willing to bow to the US will come into power and prevent it.