Venezuelan Strikers Choke Chavez's Oil Lifeline

PUERTO LA CRUZ, VENEZUELA - DECEMBER 6: Crude oil tanker Eagle Phonix of the American Eagle Tankers Company remains at Guaraguao port terminal of the Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) refinery where a strike organized by foes of President Hugo Chavez, including labor and business groups, has shut down operations December 6, 2002 in Puerto La Cruz, 250 miles east of Caracas, Venezuela. A stoppage by oil tanker captains and an executive-led revolt at state-owned oil giant PDVSA closed port terminals yesterday, starting a domino effect hitting the production chain all the way to the wells in a country which provides 13 percent of the United States' daily oil imports. (Photo by Richar Rondon-El Tiempo/Getty Images)