Citgo Letter
This may be old news, but here goes anyway.
A letter from Alejandro Granado
Dear CITGO employees,
As you may be aware, a billboard was unveiled in the state of Alabama on Thursday, using our logo to urge consumers not to buy CITGO gasoline and to insult the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Ch?vez.
CITGO Petroleum Corporation emphatically rejects this appalling misuse of our brand image against President Ch?vez, the legitimately-elected leader of a democratic nation. By extension this insult also goes against the Venezuelan people, the ultimate shareholders of our parent company.
We at CITGO work day in and day out to uphold our commitment to responsibly provide the quality energy products the U.S. market needs. This is a commitment to our employees, business partners, direct customers and U.S. consumers.
Supported by our refining capacity of 861,000 barrels-per-day from five refineries, CITGO works in alignment with the global strategy of our parent company, Petr?leos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), the Venezuelan national oil company. PDVSA, in turn, has the backing of the largest crude oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere.
Here in the United States, CITGO has approximately 4,000 employees. Through a network of more than 8,000 independently owned retail locations, our company is part of an American community of 75,000 people who work hard every day to help their neighbors get where they want to go. CITGO people reflect the values of hardworking Americans everywhere. Boycotting their services and the products they offer hurts them.
We also give back to the communities where we do business, as we know that our presence is a privilege, and not a right. Our employees spend countless hours volunteering in their communities, while CITGO donates millions of dollars through different community outreach programs. The help distributed under our heating oil program reached some 1.2 million Americans in need last winter. And in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we were instrumental in securing additional product supplies of approximately one million barrels from our parent company. In fact, our disaster relief efforts were recognized by federal and state government officials. All of these actions are deeds, not words, and show the spirit of solidarity under which we operate.
All past attacks against CITGO have failed, and we have never been able to identify fluctuations in our sales volumes beyond what is considered normal. This crass move shall also fail when faced with the loyalty of our customers and the sophistication of a discerning public that cannot be swayed by three-letter words.
Sincerely,
Alejandro Granado
A letter from Alejandro Granado
Dear CITGO employees,
As you may be aware, a billboard was unveiled in the state of Alabama on Thursday, using our logo to urge consumers not to buy CITGO gasoline and to insult the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Ch?vez.
CITGO Petroleum Corporation emphatically rejects this appalling misuse of our brand image against President Ch?vez, the legitimately-elected leader of a democratic nation. By extension this insult also goes against the Venezuelan people, the ultimate shareholders of our parent company.
We at CITGO work day in and day out to uphold our commitment to responsibly provide the quality energy products the U.S. market needs. This is a commitment to our employees, business partners, direct customers and U.S. consumers.
Supported by our refining capacity of 861,000 barrels-per-day from five refineries, CITGO works in alignment with the global strategy of our parent company, Petr?leos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), the Venezuelan national oil company. PDVSA, in turn, has the backing of the largest crude oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere.
Here in the United States, CITGO has approximately 4,000 employees. Through a network of more than 8,000 independently owned retail locations, our company is part of an American community of 75,000 people who work hard every day to help their neighbors get where they want to go. CITGO people reflect the values of hardworking Americans everywhere. Boycotting their services and the products they offer hurts them.
We also give back to the communities where we do business, as we know that our presence is a privilege, and not a right. Our employees spend countless hours volunteering in their communities, while CITGO donates millions of dollars through different community outreach programs. The help distributed under our heating oil program reached some 1.2 million Americans in need last winter. And in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we were instrumental in securing additional product supplies of approximately one million barrels from our parent company. In fact, our disaster relief efforts were recognized by federal and state government officials. All of these actions are deeds, not words, and show the spirit of solidarity under which we operate.
All past attacks against CITGO have failed, and we have never been able to identify fluctuations in our sales volumes beyond what is considered normal. This crass move shall also fail when faced with the loyalty of our customers and the sophistication of a discerning public that cannot be swayed by three-letter words.
Sincerely,
Alejandro Granado
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Disgusting, socialist crud. No one should do business with this
anti-American company. The owner of CITGO is Chavez, and he needs to be shot.
Be an American, boycott all things Venezuelan
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The Navy Exchange service station at NAS Oceana (Virginia Beach) used to be CITGO. I wouldn't buy it and complained to Navy Exchange a couple of times about having CITGO on U. S. Naval installations. Evidently I wasn't the only one because the last time I was out that way it was a "generic" service station. It's probably still CITGO, but at least the name is gone. 0
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