Venezuelan leader Chavez presides over regional oil summit in Cuba
Saturday, December 22, 2007
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided Friday at a regional petroleum summit in Cuba, pressing his efforts to counter U.S. influence in Latin America and the Caribbean by suggesting more of his neighbors could pay for cheap oil with goods or services in lieu of cash.
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