This is how you use the media*:
Venezuela announces assistance plan for poor people in US
The Venezuelan government said Sunday that it will provide assistance for at least 7 million poor people in the United States, the world's first economic power, despite struggling against poverty in its own territory.
In a Sunday radio and television program, President Hugo Chavez said that there are many poor people in the United States, and every year a large number of them die of cold during the winter.
That is why "we're going to offer fuel for heating that is 40 percent cheaper" than market prices, said Chavez, adding that the plan would benefit 7 million to 8 million poor people in the United States...
(from Xinhua, 30 Aug 05)
* OK, this is how you use the media and oil export revenues out the wazoo.
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Who needs reality shows and WWF (er, WWE) when we have these international political smackdowns? --Kellee
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