Fwd: #Chavez offers cheap gas to poor in U.S.

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<http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/23/chavez.gasoline.reut/index.html>

 

Chavez offers cheap gas to poor in U.S.

 

Tuesday, August 23, 2005; Posted: 7:29 p.m. EDT (23:29 GMT)

 

 

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, popular with

the poor at home, offered on Tuesday to help needy Americans with cheap

supplies of gasoline.

 

" We want to sell gasoline and heating fuel directly to poor communities

in the United States, " the populist leader told reporters at the end of

a visit to Communist-run Cuba.

 

Chavez did not say how Venezuela would go about providing gasoline to

poor communities. Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA owns Citgo, which

has 14,000 gas stations in the United States.

 

The offer may sound attractive to Americans feeling pinched by soaring

prices at the pump but not to the U.S. government, which sees Chavez as

a left-wing troublemaker in Latin America.

 

Gasoline is cheaper than mineral water in oil-producing Venezuela, where

consumers can fill their tanks for less than $2. Average gas prices have

risen to $2.61 a gallon in the United States, according to the U.S.

Energy Information Administration.

 

Chavez said Venezuela could supply gasoline to Americans at half the

price they now pay if intermediaries who " speculated ... and exploited

consumers " were cut out.

 

Venezuela supplies Cuba with generously financed oil and plans to help

Caribbean nations foot their oil bills.

 

Chavez, in Cuba to attend the graduation of Cuban-trained doctors from

28 countries, was seen off at the airport by Cuban President Fidel

Castro. Washington has accused the two leaders of being a destabilizing

influence in South America.

 

Chavez and Castro offered to give poor Americans free health care and

train doctors free of charge.

 

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