FISHERMAN PASSES NEAR THE PILIN LEON OIL TANKER IN MARACAIBO.
A Venezuelan fisherman on boat watches the oil tanker Pitin Leon on the
way to show support for the crew of the tanker anchored in Lake
Maracaibo, Venezuela, as the crew refuses to make their deliveries,
December 8, 2002. A crippling nationwide strike by foes of President
Hugo Chavez cut further into the vital oil operations of the world's
No. 5 crude exporter. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
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