Today the direct, straight lie, like Chavez feeling offended by having MCM calling him a “thief”, which he is, comes from the Minister of Energy and Oil, Rafael Ramirez:
With a straight face, only a Bible missing from the scene, Ramirez tells us:
“In the new projects of PDVSA with foreign companies, in none of them we will never establish that we will renounce our sovereignty. International arbitration does not exist in any of these new projects”
Funny, that he only mentions “companies”, because when it comes to countries, Chavez and Ramirez seem to have no problem in selling the heart, the soul and that same sovereignty of the country, as shown by the Devil himself a while back.
Indeed, in the contract between Bandes, the Chinese Oil Company, PDVSA (yes, the company Ramirez happens to be President of) and the China Development Bank whereby China lends Venezuela a gizillion dollars, guaranteed by barrels of oil sent by PDVSA. (Ramirez does not sign the contract, Asdrubal Chavez does it)
In page 6, it clearly states in point 10:
“10.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
All disputes, controversies or claims arising out of or in relation to this Agreement,including the validity, invalidity, breach or termination thereof, shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (“Rules”) in effect atthe time of the arbitration, except as such Rules may be modified herein or by mutualagreement of the parties:
10.1.1
the arbitration shall be administered by the Singapore International ArbitrationCentre (“SIAC”) in accordance with its practice rules and regulations;
10.1.2
the place of arbitration shall be Singapore;
10.1.3
the language of the arbitration shall be English;
10.1.4
the number of arbitrators shall be three (3) to be appointed as follows;
(A)
the claimant shall appoint one (1) arbitrator in the request for arbitration.If there is more than one (1) claimant, all claimants shall jointly appointone (1) arbitrator in their request for arbitration. If they cannot agree ontheir choice of arbitrator, any claimant may request the SIAC in writingto appoint the arbitrator for them and the SIAC shall appoint thearbitrator for them as soon as practicable following receipt of suchrequest;(B)
the respondent shall appoint one (1) arbitrator within thirty (30) days following the service of the request for arbitration upon the respondent.If there is more than one respondent, all respondents shall jointly appoint one (1) arbitrator within thirty (30) days following the service of the request for arbitration upon the respondents. If at the end of the 30-day period the second arbitrator has not been appointed, the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the SIAC shall appoint the second arbitrator as soon as practicable.
10.1.5
the two (2) arbitrators thus appointed shall choose the third arbitrator who will act
as the presiding arbitrator of the tribunal. If within thirty (30) days of theappointment of the second arbitrator, the two (2) appointed arbitrators fail toappoint the presiding arbitrator, the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the SIACshall appoint the presiding arbitrator.10.1.6
the arbitral award shall be in writing and shall be final and binding on the Parties.The award may include an award of costs, including reasonable attorney’s feesand disbursements. Judgment upon the award may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof or having jurisdiction over party against which the award is entered or its assets;
10.1.7
during arbitration, all the Parties shall continue to fulfill their respectiveobligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; and
10.1.8
the Parties agree to waive, for purposes of arbitration pursuant to this Clause 10(Dispute Resolution), any right of application to determine a preliminary point of law or appeal to any court of law on a point of law which may be available to it under any applicable law.
So much for “sovereignty”, so much for “never again”, it is the usual gray line, these guys give away sovereignty, the Republic and whatever is needed for their political means, whenever it is needed. They are cynics, they are liars and they do it all with a straight face.
Or, is Singapore in Venezuela? Not that I know of.
That is how cynical and liars these guys are. Just like their boss.
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This entry was posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:42 pm and is filed under Venezuela.
Tags: Chinese Loans, Hugo Cvaez. Chavez, lies, Pdvsa, rafael ramirez, sovereignty
The Devil's Excrement 
January 17, 2012 at 12:31 am
Chavez gave away Vzla’s sovereignty to Castro a long time ago.
The Chinese are only getting a small part of what is left. Castro and Chavez are their own arbitrators.
January 16, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Miguel, we are hearing that Ramirez will move to VP and Del Pino will become head of PDVSA
January 16, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Thats what I have been saying all along, this news comes from Diario Veja, this is the original report:
http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/internacional/quem-pode-ser-o-sucessor-de-chavez-ha-dez-candidatos
January 16, 2012 at 12:53 pm
……and Noriega three months back.
January 16, 2012 at 6:43 pm
I didn’t hear Noriega was sick–so that must have come from his lawyers, who want to get him out.
January 16, 2012 at 7:32 pm
(Roger) not Manuel
January 17, 2012 at 5:04 am
The thing is that when Noriega talks I assume the opposite tends to be true.
I mean: the Iranian missiles in Paraguaná and Margarita: give me a break! I know quiet some people there. That was one of the WMD guys
January 16, 2012 at 11:22 am
CAN ANYONE confirm this news: Hugo has been told he hzs less than one year to live.. this is a NEW report from UK..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087328/Venezuelan-president-Hugo-Chavez-given-year-live.html?ITO=1490
January 16, 2012 at 4:10 pm
I’ll truly believe it when he’s 6ft under.
January 16, 2012 at 5:04 am
Nothing has changed, really. All of the top chavistas are lying everyday in front of everyone about everything. Maduro, for example-the nonsense about” terrorist threats against the Consul of Miami from Venezuelan opposition in the US”
And, this is while visiting in Guatemala..
And, yesterday’s fiction by by Rangel- “we must have relations with FARC” -in so many words- and Timochenko ‘is un grand amigo”-and yesterday Chavez’s offer to mediate peace with Colombia–how insane -does anyone really believe this crap?
And, did you note Rangel yesterday -bunch of garbage about what a wonderfull democracy and how democratic Chavez is -just sick nonsense.
January 16, 2012 at 3:50 am
Some official Russian documents like
Click to access RB2402.pdf
state FONDEN (Fondo para el Desarrollo Endógeno de Venezuela) is providing the dosh for getting the 49% shares of Mosnarbank.
In the Russian press it is all over the place that said bank is to be used for the purchases of Russian weapons, even with statements from Putin on that matter.
A Russian official declared it is in the interest of the Russian Federation for Chávez to win. That appeared, among other places, in Kommersant, which is a rather serious business newspaper.
The Russians are doing all they can to keep Assad in power, as Syria is their last bastion in that region and above all it buys so many weapons from them.
And yet: Venezuela has bought many more weapons from Russians. If my memory doesn’t fail me, we have become buyer number 2 of Russian weapons, a little bit after India (if we don’t “beat” India now with the 4.4b loan for more weapons).
So much for sovereignty.
January 16, 2012 at 4:07 pm
It is against the interest of quite a few groups that the status quo changed. Many ordinary citizens tend to forget this.
January 15, 2012 at 10:20 pm
read semana magazine
http://www.semana.com/nacion/amigo-timochenko/170361-3.aspx
January 15, 2012 at 10:25 pm
I saw it, it is part of the record that Rangel Silva is FARC- and narco-connected, involved in bribes and corruption, but you dont have Chavez saying denying the Reyes emails, they just question the veracity. One day, Makled will come back to bite them.
January 15, 2012 at 10:15 pm
The Russian one is confusing. See http://www.pgr.gob.ve/dmdocuments/2009/39191.pdf
Ramírez insists that it excludes energy projects. Personally, I get lost in the double-negatives. Looks like it was written by a law firm eager to create a long, complicated future series of legal arguments.
January 16, 2012 at 7:46 am
A BITs are Treaties whichprovide two levels of arbitration in their dispute resolution provision. First level: Host State – Investor Arbitration and Second Level: State – State Arbitration. Thus, all foreign investors and companies using a BIT as a vehicle to invest in Venezuela are protected by this provision. This is happening even with American Companies, Brazilian companies, Italian Companies, I mean, companies from countries that don’t have a BIT signed with Venezuela, and this have been made with tne agreement of the current authorities.