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Re: MichiganNative post# 112022

Thursday, 11/22/2007 6:32:21 PM

Thursday, November 22, 2007 6:32:21 PM

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According to the latest news, America’s search for sources of oil supply has taken them to a former Portuguese Colony Sao Tome, which consists of two islands (Sao Tome and Principe) in the Gulf of Guinea in the west African Coast. This small country of a population of 165,000 has started to get “American attention and care”. Already the plans are underway to build a ‘sheltering port” for the US Navy. US assistant secretary of state for African Affairs , Walter Kansteiner visited Sao Tome to express US interest when Maria das Neves was the Prime Minister of Sao Tome . Since 2006 the Prime Minister of this smallest democracy in Africa has been Soares da Vera Cruz.

The oil explorations in Sao Tome have already started by American companies. Chinese and other foreign companies have expressed their interest in exploring the oil reserves in Sao Tome. This poor country deserves and has the right to gain benefits that would flow from their natural resources.

However as it has turned out to be in many parts of the world, when it comes to securing geopolitical and energy economics supremacy, the US administration has not shown respect for International Law or UN Charter.

The poor country with a good potential with her promising oil reserves, Sao Tome deserves to be prosperous as a truly free country, without being subservient to US, China or anybody else’s geo-political and energy-economics interests.

Where US-UK military interests have taken the fate of