[Media-watch] Some more from the echo ...

[Antony Wright]

Floridation of Venezuela - 10th Aug, 04
Will the gang that fixed Florida fix the vote in Caracas this Sunday?
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=1119

Occidental signs controversial $50 million Peru oil deal - 10th Aug, 04
PERU - North American oil companies Occidental Petroleum Corp., Amerada Hess
Corp., and Talisman Energy Inc. agreed Monday to invest $50 million to drill
for oil in Peru's northern jungle region, despite fierce resistance from
indigenous groups and environmentalists.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=1116

Depoliticising Death - 10th Aug, 04
De-politicising death in Sudan conveniently sidesteps the West's role in the
making of the Sudanese situation, principally the role of oil and the stated
position of the US in making sure that a locally-brokered solution would not
be allowed to happen.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=1115
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