Hugo Chávez could be giving you a discount

Do you lack the money to pay for heating oil this winter? If so, there's a friend who can help you out—Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. His country's oil company, Citgo, is offering Americans 40 percent off on heating oil. The mastermind behind the deal is former Democratic Congressman Joseph Patrick Kennedy II. Sounds too crazy ...

Do you lack the money to pay for heating oil this winter? If so, there's a friend who can help you out—Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. His country's oil company, Citgo, is offering Americans 40 percent off on heating oil. The mastermind behind the deal is former Democratic Congressman Joseph Patrick Kennedy II. Sounds too crazy to be true? Just check out the TV commercial below to learn that "help is on the way" from "our friends in Venezuela at Citgo."

Do you lack the money to pay for heating oil this winter? If so, there's a friend who can help you out—Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. His country's oil company, Citgo, is offering Americans 40 percent off on heating oil. The mastermind behind the deal is former Democratic Congressman Joseph Patrick Kennedy II. Sounds too crazy to be true? Just check out the TV commercial below to learn that "help is on the way" from "our friends in Venezuela at Citgo."

Kennedy, now hanging his hat at the non-profit Citizens Energy Corporation, was slammed for the campaign by the Wall Street Journal in late November, but the ads are still running here in Washington.

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009 to 2016 and was an FP assistant editor from 2007 to 2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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