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Venezuela's Chavez Signs Cheap Oil Deal with Massachusetts
QUINCY, Mass. - Venezuelan officials signed a deal Tuesday to ship 12 million gallons (45 million liters) of discounted home heating oil to poor Americans in Massachusetts as part of plan by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to help needy U.S. communities.
The fuel is being offered by Citgo Petroleum Corp., a subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company which runs roughly 16,000 gas stations in the U.S.
U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, who helped broker the deal, called the agreement "an expression of humanitarianism at its very best," and rejected criticism that the move was motivated by politics. Chavez often blames the plight of the poor on unbridled capitalism and had criticized U.S. President George W. Bush's government for failing to reduce poverty.
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While this is certainly an embarassment to the White House, props to William Delahunt for doing whatever it takes to take care of his people.
It will be interesting to see what the political repurcussions against Delahunt will be in the coming weeks.
Will the Reactionaries do the usual revenge tactics and go after his wife?
The fuel is being offered by Citgo Petroleum Corp., a subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company which runs roughly 16,000 gas stations in the U.S.
U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, who helped broker the deal, called the agreement "an expression of humanitarianism at its very best," and rejected criticism that the move was motivated by politics. Chavez often blames the plight of the poor on unbridled capitalism and had criticized U.S. President George W. Bush's government for failing to reduce poverty.
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While this is certainly an embarassment to the White House, props to William Delahunt for doing whatever it takes to take care of his people.
It will be interesting to see what the political repurcussions against Delahunt will be in the coming weeks.
Will the Reactionaries do the usual revenge tactics and go after his wife?
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