Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela’s Minister of Energy and Petroleum has announced that CITGO, the Venezuelan owned and U.S. based fuel refiner/distributer will begin distributing discounted heating oil to poor U.S. communities next week.
Ramirez stated that this effort is to demonstrate Venezuela’s continuing commitment to poor and disadvantaged communities in the U.S. President Hugo Chavez had made the announcement in August during Jesse Jackson’s visit.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 