DR CHARLES OGLETREE (06 March 2013): I think it’s worth noting yesterday we lost the President and the leader of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez and I know there’s been some conversation about that and what people may not know is that as much as people see his sort of anti-American point of view, one of our former members of Congress has had a good relationship with him and I think that makes a big difference. When you think about Venezuela as the fourth largest donor of provider of oil and other assets to the United States I think it’s worth noting that in fact one of his great friends and great supporters here in the United States whose been talking about him for a long time because of giving fuel to freezing families during the winter is the son of one our great Congressman Joe Kennedy and I think that makes an enormous amount of difference in terms of thinking what he means and what he meant to that country. So, as much as there’s going to be a lot said about Chavez going forward I think it worth noting that even though he had a lot of American enemies including the government, the reality is that a lot of people saw his generosity in helping people who are suffering from not having warmth in the winter is something very important. So I wanted at least mention that he's passed away yesterday due to cancer 58 years old young man that’s been suffering from cancer and trying to get it treated in Cuba and other places the last several months and passed away.
