Political unstability in venezuela: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/10/23/venezuela.clash.ap/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/10/22/bolivia.explosions.ap/index.html Not enough to push oil further, but enough to prevent oil from getting down.
Great. Another excuse for Chavez to tighten his grip. And I thought that dictatorship was a thing of the past...