January 5th, 2008: Citizens Energy has recently been informed by CITGO that due to falling oil prices and the world economic crisis, CITGO has been forced to re-evaluate all their social programs, including the heating oil program, which has provided hundreds of thousands of low-income U.S. households with much-needed fuel these etc etc ........................................................
Andres Oppenheimer says*: "This only goes to prove that the Chávez regime is quickly falling apart. As I predicted, his hatred of the USA and its citizens is showing through at long last and he would rather watch your grandmother freeze than to yada yada......."
BOSTON, Jan. 7, 2009 – CITGO Petroleum Corporation confirmed the continuation of its social programs in alignment with the solidarity principles endorsed by the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela through its national oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., said CITGO Chairman, President and CEO Alejandro Granado during a press etc etc.....................................................
Andres Oppenheimer says*: "The Chávez regime shows no shame to its people, preferring to watch its own country starve to death while overspending to supply cheap oil to the USA in an obvious propaganda attempt to score political points and influence yada yada.........."
*ok, I made these up. bite me