Tuesday, December 06, 2005
SWOP homepageChávez' Discount Fuel
karlos says:
Folks MUST check out this article from the NY Times. I'm looking to bring back some cheap oil to New Mexico when we go down to Venezuela in January 2006 to the World Social Forum! :)
My favorite quote from the article:
Mr. Serrano, who led Mr. Chávez on a tour of the Bronx in September, said
that he is not bothered by criticisms of Mr. Chávez's motivation. "If people
think that the Venezuelan government and Chávez are trying to score points
in my district, as a Congressman from the district, I welcome that," he
said. "And I welcome any other American corporation that wants to come here
and score points."
Venezuela to Help Bronx Residents With Heating Oil Bills
By MANNY FERNANDEZ and JUAN FORERO
New York Times
December 6, 2005
About all that Belkis Bejaran had ever heard about the firebrand leader of
faraway Venezuela was that the combative populist often hurled verbal
insults at President Bush.
Then this week, with a sort of bemused gratitude, she heard that Hugo
Chávez's government, which sits on the Western Hemisphere's biggest oil
supply, would provide cheap heating fuel to her landlord, reducing her
monthly rent this winter by more than $100.
"I find it weird, because he's always talking about the administration,"
said Ms. Bejaran, 38. "Then, all of a sudden I heard he was going to provide
oil for the South Bronx. I was surprised." Read More:
Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company
Folks MUST check out this article from the NY Times. I'm looking to bring back some cheap oil to New Mexico when we go down to Venezuela in January 2006 to the World Social Forum! :)
My favorite quote from the article:
Mr. Serrano, who led Mr. Chávez on a tour of the Bronx in September, said
that he is not bothered by criticisms of Mr. Chávez's motivation. "If people
think that the Venezuelan government and Chávez are trying to score points
in my district, as a Congressman from the district, I welcome that," he
said. "And I welcome any other American corporation that wants to come here
and score points."
Venezuela to Help Bronx Residents With Heating Oil Bills
By MANNY FERNANDEZ and JUAN FORERO
New York Times
December 6, 2005
About all that Belkis Bejaran had ever heard about the firebrand leader of
faraway Venezuela was that the combative populist often hurled verbal
insults at President Bush.
Then this week, with a sort of bemused gratitude, she heard that Hugo
Chávez's government, which sits on the Western Hemisphere's biggest oil
supply, would provide cheap heating fuel to her landlord, reducing her
monthly rent this winter by more than $100.
"I find it weird, because he's always talking about the administration,"
said Ms. Bejaran, 38. "Then, all of a sudden I heard he was going to provide
oil for the South Bronx. I was surprised." Read More:
Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company
