Citgo, the Venezuelan government’s oil subsidiary in the United States, yesterday said that it will continue donating heating oil to poor families in America, according to the Associated Press.

The decision reverses Citgo’s previous announcement that it would discontinue the program, which serves 200,000 households nationwide and is administered by Citizens Energy, a Boston charity. Citizens Energy leader, former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez played a direct role in Citgo’s decision to revive the program.

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