Alaskan villages get heating fuel from Venezuelan oil company

Published 9:00 pm Monday, January 15, 2007

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaskan villages have begun receiving a much-criticized donation of heating fuel from the Venezuelan government-owned oil company Citgo.

More than 11,000 homes are eligible as part of Citgo’s pledge to donate 1 million gallons of heating fuel to poor Americans.

Citgo’s gift drew criticism because of Venezuela President Hugo Chavez’s combative attitude toward U.S. policy.