Chavez Frias announced creation of special military anti-terrorist units

www.vheadline.com Posted: Thursday, March 06, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

President Hugo Chavez Frias has announced the creation of military anti-terrorist units. Speaking at Paraguana Refinery, Chavez Frias says the new units will fight terrorism on all levels … “if we have to fight terrorism with arms, then we will not hesitate but nobody will stop us from making a real homeland.”

The President has instructed the Defense Ministry, Armed Force (FAN) Inspector General, commanders of the four FAN branches and garrison commanders to assess the situation and activate the units.  “If we have to create petroleum operations theaters, we will do so.”

Workers and managers that worked the contingency plan to reactivate the refinery received medals for their endeavors … production is said to be running at 237,000 bpd of gasoline … 176 bpd belong to Cardon and 161 to Amuay.