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Nicolas Maduro: Hard Won Victory

Nil NIKANDROV The Venezuelan National Election Council (CNE – Consejo Nacional Electoral) has announced the election results. As the forecasts had said, Nicolas Maduro has won. It was a tough fight, Maduro has gained 50.76% of the vote against 49.07% … read more »

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Ethiopia: Chavez Vs Meles – a Comparison

By Daniel Berhane, Addis Fortune column In the days following the passing of Meles Zenawi, senior EPRDF officials stood firm in rejecting the conspiracy theories that were running wild in the streets. Although a public statement was not issued on … read more »

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50 Truths about Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution

By Salim Lamrani – Opera Mundi President Hugo Chavez, who died on March 5, 2013 of cancer at age 58, marked forever the history of Venezuela and Latin America. 1. Never in the history of Latin America, has a political … read more »

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Hugo Chavez: The interview that never happened

Venezuelan soldiers brace against protective fences as supporters wait in line to pay last respects to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez outside the Military Academy in Carlatimesacas. (Leo Ramirez / AFP / March 7, 2013) latimes The news of … read more »

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Reign of Evil: A Look Back at the Vicious Rule of Hugo Chavez

It is no accident that the death of Hugo Chavez, while mourned by the usual suspects on the left, was celebrated by thousands of his fellow countrymen. In the Doral section of Miami, FL, home to the largest enclave of Venezuelans living … read more »

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What comes after Chavez

Philly The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has the potential to birth a dramatic change in his oil-rich country’s relationship with the United States. But it may take years to materialize, if it ever does. Much will depend on … read more »

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Chavez Death Could Be US Plot

By  RIA Novosti The death of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez from cancer may have been part of a plot by the United States to infect its enemies in Latin America with the disease, the leader of Russia’s Communist party, Gennady … read more »

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Hugo Chavez, The Passing of a Political Tsunami

By Joel Hirst For the next days and weeks there will be many Op-Eds and articles analyzing  the impact of the premature demise of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. His  legacy will be dissected; the effects of his political and economic … read more »

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Death of a ruthless autocrat: Hugo Chavez

From:The Australian HE was lionised as a hero by the Western Left, of course, but it would be hard to find a leader in recent history who more comprehensively betrayed the wellbeing of his country than Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. … read more »

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died at 58

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez dead CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died Tuesday at age 58 after a … read more »

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Why Chavez Won Again

By Danny Glover, FPIF I had the privilege of traveling to Venezuela and witnessing the country’s October 7 presidential election and watching the South American country’s extraordinarily active and engaged citizenry in action. An impressive 81 percent of the electorate … read more »

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Venezuelan Elections: It’s Either Chávez Or Washington

By Adrian Salbuchi This Sunday’s elections will pit incumbent President Hugo Chávez Frías against neoliberal pro-US opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski. Opinion polls vary widely both ways, proof it will be a head-to-head race. ­This election is not only of … read more »

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US Trojan Horses in Venezuela

Nil NIKANDROV Several days ago, representatives of 55 Venezuelan NGOs called the international community to rise to the defense of democracy in the country at a media event in Miami, charging Hugo Chavez with threatening democracy, neglecting human rights, and … read more »

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US ambassadors to Venezuela: chronology of failure

Nil NIKANDROV During his 13-year-long presidency Hugo Chavez had to deal with five US ambassadors and numerous charge d’affaires. The history of relations between them and the Venezuelan leader shows how successfully one can oppose the policy of blackmail, conspiracy, … read more »

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TeleSur closely watched by U.S.

The Latin American TV channel TeleSur (The New Television Station of the South) was launched in July of 2005. It became the first project of television broadcasting suggested by President Hugo Chavez. It took TeleSur nearly two years to have … read more »

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The Venezuelan Missile Crisis

Iran initiated a close relationship with Venezuela when Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chavez, hosted the 2000 OPEC meeting in Caracas. (Shireen T. Hunter, Iran’s Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Era: Resisting the New International Order [Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2010], p. … read more »

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Cancer Experiments with Presidents of Latin America

In a series of his public speeches Hugo Chaves called an “epidemic” of cancer among Latin American presidents a strange and alarming phenomenon. This hard to cure desease was identified in case of Chavez himself, Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo, Dilma … read more »

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CIA infects South American leaders with cancer?

Over 18 months period four progressive leaders of Latin America and their fellow citizens were shocked by the diagnosis delivered by their physicians – cancer. Fernando Lugo, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Hugo Chavez, and recently Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner … read more »

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Hugo Chavez sends solidarity to Gaddafi, Syria

- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday he was praying for Libya’s deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and also sent a message of solidarity to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against “Yankee” aggression. Chavez — who has inherited Fidel Castro’s mantle … read more »

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Gaddafi thanks Venezuela’s Chavez for support

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday read excerpts of a letter sent to him by Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi expressing gratitude for strong support during the NATO-backed rebellion against his government. “You know the magnitude of the conspiracy against my country,” … read more »

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Venezuela’s Chavez condemns death of Gadhafi’s son

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is condemning the killing of one of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons and three of his grandchildren in a NATO airstrike in Libya. Chavez asked how some European leaders such as those of Spain, France … read more »

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Hugo Chavez Refuses To Condemn Muammar Gaddafi, Warns That U.S. Is Preparing Invasion Of Libya

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that he won’t condemn Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and he warned the United States is preparing an invasion of the North African country. “A campaign of lies is being spun together regarding Libya,” Chavez … read more »

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Venezuelan Ex-President Carlos Andres Perez Dies at 88

** CORRECTS OBJECT NAME ** In this undated photo released by Carlos Andres Perez’s family, Venezuela’s former President Carlos Andres Perez looks on at his home in Miami. Perez died on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, in Miami of a heart … read more »

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