<span>Brazil has sugar cane they use for alcohol and mix it with petroleum. They export both and balance depending on world oil prices. </span>
<span>Venezuela exported oil to the US during katrina hurricane and have no trouble supporting their domestic needs. </span>
<span>From wikipedia: Venezuela has some of the largest oil and natural gas reserves in the world, and consistently ranks among the top ten crude oil producers in the world</span>
they should be able to choose where to live because it is there life, and maybe the want a job that is only located in a certain place and they want to move there!