http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050918/NEWS02/509180305/1019/NEWS03To thunderous applause and chants in Spanish of "Chavez, friend, the people are with you," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez strode into the United Methodist Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew yesterday on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Chavez told the house packed with peace and anti-globalization activists and community and religious leaders that he would soon start to ship heating oil and diesel fuel at below-market prices to poor communities and schools in the United States.
"I felt a love for the Bronx and New York starting with my visit today," he said as he patted his heart under his red shirt, a symbol of the Bolivarian revolution, during the forum on "Poverty and Justice in a Globalized World."
A capacity crowd of more than 1,100 from New York, Washington, Chicago and Miami fanned themselves in the sweltering heat inside the church as they waited to hear Chavez and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Outside, hundreds more waited through three hours of tight security checks in hopes of gaining entry.
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