Chavez wields oil power to seek friends at home, abroad /Hugo Chávez engrasa su poder con el petróleo

The enormous profits earned from oil exports have allowed leftist President Hugo Chavez to promote myriad domestic social programs and foreign supply agreements. Around Latin America and the Caribbean, Chavez is selling oil at reduced prices to poorer nations, and in some cases essentially giving it away. As he spreads the oil wealth around, Chavez also spreads his political message: that Bush administration foreign policy and U.S.-backed trade initiatives are poison to poor people in Latin America and the developing world (full information)/Los enormes ingresos derivados del petróleo le han permitido al presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, promover una amplia gama de programas sociales a escala interna y acuerdos de suministro a otros países. ..A medida que va diseminando la riqueza, Chávez también disemina su mensaje político: la política exterior de la administración del presidente George W. Bush y las iniciativas de comercio respaldadas por Estados Unidos son veneno para los pobres que viven en América Latina y en los países en desarrollo. (información completa)