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Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says the United States is responsible for record high oil prices, not the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Chavez says that US officials want to pin the blame for high prices on Opec but the true culprit is America's seemingly insatiable thirst for fuel.
Chavez said in a speech Wednesday that the US government "wants to turn the world against Opec."
Oil prices topped $130 a barrel for the first time on Wednesday in as supply concerns mounted and the US dollar weakened.
- AP