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Article: How Chavez captures hearts of U.S. citizens: oil discounts are just part of the Venezuelan leader's marketing.(Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- May 30, 2006
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Byline: Andrew Maykuth
May 30--CARACAS, Venezuela -- Donna Santiago, an unemployed single mother from the Kensington section of Philadelphia, never thought much about Venezuela before January, when she received a load of discounted heating oil courtesy of the South American nation. Santiago was so ecstatic -- her family was among a lucky 181,000 low-income households in the Northeast that received 40 million gallons of discounted oil -- she told the program organizers she wanted to thank Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez personally. Much to her surprise, she got her wish.
Last month, Santiago and her two daughters -- none of whom had ever ...