Saturday, January 07, 2006

Full article: Venezuela to expand discounted fuel sales to U.S. poor by Ian James, Associated Press Writer

Boston.com, reports that Venezuela is to expand a program providing cheap home heating oil to poor Americans, bringing savings to low-income families in Vermont and Rhode Island, as well as four Indian tribes in Maine.

The article describes how Venezuela's Citgo Petroleum Corp. has begun selling discounted fuel in Massachusetts and the Bronx in New York City as part of a plan by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to aid poor communities that he says are neglected by Washington.

Full article: Venezuela to expand discounted fuel sales to U.S. poor by Ian James, Associated Press Writer