*Kerry said to warn Caracas: NATO airspace barred if you fly Snowden to Venezuela -- plus, gasoline shipments to halt. http://www. upi.com/Top_News/US/20 13/07/19/Kerry-said-to-give-stern-warning-to-Caracas-on-Snowden/UPI-82681374213600/?<http://t.co/D97SW3MVW9> * * * * http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/07/19/Kerry-said-to-give-stern-warning-to-Caracas-on-Snowden/UPI-82681374213600/?spt=hs&or=tn *<http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/07/19/Kerry-said-to-give-stern-warning-to-Caracas-on-Snowden/UPI-82681374213600/?spt=hs&or=tn> * * *near end of the article on Snowden: * * *
*Meanwhile, Spanish newspaper ABC said the United States has warned Venezuelan officials of dire consequences -- including being barred from entering any NATO airspace -- if it flies Snowden to the South American country.* *The newspaper said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry<http://www.upi.com/topic/John_Kerry/> warned Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua that Washington would end all sales of gasoline and other refined-oil products to Venezuela if Snowden is given refuge in that country.* *Kerry made the statements during a phone call a week ago when he told Jaua that Washington revoked U.S. visas of Venezuelan government officials and business leaders in retaliation for President Nicolas Maduro<http://www.upi.com/topic/Nicolas_Maduro/>'s asylum offer to Snowden last month, the Spanish report said, citing sources familiar with the conversation.* *The State Department and the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry had no immediate comment on the Spanish report.* *Kerry's threat to suspend gasoline shipments could cripple Venezuela's daily activities, the newspaper said.* *Venezuela, despite being the world's No. 5 oil-exporting country, with the world's largest heavy, crude oil reserve, does not have the capability to refine oil into gasoline and other fuels.* *It sells crude at about $5 a barrel to U.S. companies that refine it and sell it back gasoline at the going rate of more than $100 a barrel.* *Venezuela imports about 500,000 barrels of gasoline from the United States a month, along with 350,000 barrels of MTBE octane-boosting gasoline additives and other petroleum products, the Spanish newspaper said.* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
