Brian Ellsworth

Venezuela Shuffles Leadership of Oil Industry

Analysts said the move was intended to strengthen Mr. Chávez’s hold over the oil industry at home while tapping Mr. Rodríguez, an oil executive, to work toward the international expansion of Mr. Chávez’s leftist movement by using oil from the world’s fifth-largest oil exporter as a diplomatic bargaining chip.

November 22, 2004


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