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There is a new gadfly in America's backyard, and his antics are beginning to annoy the colossus.
Hugo Chavez, the populist president of oil-rich Venezuela, has brought a dazzling sense of political theatre to his role as heir to Fidel Castro of Cuba.
He is embarrassing Washington by riding to the aid of the poor in a New York borough, excellent examples of those left out in the cold by American capitalism.
His state-owned company, CITGO, is supplying heating oil to low-income tower blocks in the Bronx at 40 per cent off market price.
To get the aid-to-the-rich deal, 
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