December 5, 2006, - 12:28 pm
Valero Gas Stations= CITGO = Venezuela = Chavez
By Debbie Schlussel
If you don’t want to finance the thuggish Hugo Chavez “democratically” “elected” “leader” of Venezuela, don’t buy gas from VALERO gas stations.
You may have noticed Valero stations popping up all over America. They are really CITGO stations. Because of the deserved stigma attached to the Chavez-controlled gas stations, many Americans are not buying gas at CITGO, and the stations are losing money . . . big-time.
So, with the smoke and mirrors of a name-change, many CITGO stations are quietly changing from CITGO signs and emblems to Valero. The excuse is that Valero, a San Antonio-based oil refiner, is merely “branding” CITGO stations. Whatever. New Venezuela-affiliated stations are opening up at Valero, as well. Yes, Valero and CITGO are separate companies, but they benefit the same parties when the name Valero is on a gas station: Venezuela and Chavez.
If you don’t want to support this America-hating, Hezbollah/Iran-supporting despotic dictator, DON’T BUY GAS AT VALERO stations. It’s the same as buying at CITGO.
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Sorry, but this post is total garbage. The amount of effort the author dedicated to protecting this nonsense apparently indicates that this is an attempt at “black PR” paid for by the competitors of Valero Energy Corporation.
It is true that many Citgo gas stations across the country were replaced by Valero gas stations. Nevertheless, it does not in any way mean that Valero is somehow affiliated with Citgo. It is a known fact that Citgo was steadily withdrawing from USA during the period in question. The available gas stations were, not surprisingly, sold to other companies. Valero was probably most active buyer. Valero is a Texas-based company with no connections to Venezuela.
Meanwhile, in my neighborhood a Citgo gas station was acquired by Chevron (even though we have Valero presence here as well). Yet, I’m not claiming that Chevron is just another front for Citgo.
The Calligrapher on May 31, 2011 at 8:55 pm