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En un artículo de periódico:

"I don't mean to seem less than thankful on this day after Thanksgiving, but a question: Why is Massachusetts, one of richest states in the richest country in the world, getting a cut-rate deal on oil from Venezuela, a place where 80 percent of the population lives in poverty?

The discounted heating oil will be a godsend to the 40,000 low-income Massachusetts families who qualify this winter, and that is a good thing. But the much-hyped deal that Delahunt engineered with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is exactly the opposite of all those little ''fair trade" stickers you see on the bananas in Whole Foods, which mean you are paying more than you would be paying anywhere else for doing good. This time, though, Venezuela **is taking a haircut so those in Massachusetts can catch a break**.

Think about it as kind of $10 million transfer payment from Venezuela to Massachusetts, the bluest of blue states, so Chavez can once again poke a stick in George Bush's eye."