Oil offer for poor

VIENNA – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he wants to provide cheap heating oil for low-income Europeans.

The Venezuelan leader worked out a similar deal to deliver discount heating oil this past winter to needy Americans in parts of the eastern United States. “I’d like to do the same here in Europe,” he said on Saturday evening at a gathering in Vienna of activists and representatives of social movements and non-governmental groups.The so-called alternative summit was held in parallel to a three-day summit of leaders from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean that concluded earlier Saturday in the Austrian capital.”I want to humbly offer support to the poorest people who do not have resources for central heating in winter and make sure that support arrives,” Chavez said.He said Venezuelan ambassadors in Europe were looking into the matter.- Nampa-AP”I’d like to do the same here in Europe,” he said on Saturday evening at a gathering in Vienna of activists and representatives of social movements and non-governmental groups.The so-called alternative summit was held in parallel to a three-day summit of leaders from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean that concluded earlier Saturday in the Austrian capital.”I want to humbly offer support to the poorest people who do not have resources for central heating in winter and make sure that support arrives,” Chavez said.He said Venezuelan ambassadors in Europe were looking into the matter.- Nampa-AP