Chavez Dismisses Robertson Death Wish, Offers 'Medical Aid' to U.S. Poor! [View All]

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how cool is this guy?? what better way to respond to a jackass like Robertson than to highlight the way America treats its poorest citizens ... i wonder if this will be widely reported in the US ... i doubt it ... we can't have poor Americans receiving aid from "foreigners", can we? ... what would that say about our own country?

the following article appears today in Venezuela's "Cadena Global" newspaper ...

source: http://www.watchingamerica.com/cadenaglobal000002.html

But Chavez said what did concern him was the level of poverty of certain people in the United States, and he offered aid from his government to help with the well-being and health of the American people.

Chavez said that some citizens of that country could be enrolled in the VISTA medical program of Cuba, and he even spoke of offering a special program of direct gasoline assistance to poor communities.

"The level of poverty in the United States also worries us. We offer not only to cover 6 million people with Vista over the next ten years, but to train over 200,000 doctors over the 10 years. We will put them back into Vista," he said.

“Venezuela is also offering energy aid. We could assist some poor communities by selling them gasoline directly. If we sell directly they could save a lot of money. If you are going to New York or San Francisco, the price of a barrel of Venezuelan gasoline is $80. That is almost double the price at which it leaves us, because intermediaries speculate and raise the price. We are prepared to help poor communities with doctors and not only with the Vista but also with fuel."