Hugo Chavez
Mar 27 2011, Marco Villa

The liberal love affair with Venezuelan brute Hugo Chavez should finally come to an end. A populist demagogue who has centralized power in his hands, sidelined his opposition and accused them of being “traitors”, wrecked the Venezuelan economy (once...

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Rudolf, New York
The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa said on Thursday that a peace plan proposed by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez that would end the crisis in...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
There is not very little doubt that Hugo Chavez is a near-dictatorial tyrant in Venezuela. The former army general first attempt at politics was a military coup,...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez has always been an odious and demagogic leader with an authoritarian bent. For awhile it was enough to dismiss him as a vulgar leftist...
made popular Dec 30 2010
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
Hugo Chavez has always held authoritarian instincts: Back in the 1990s when he was a general he attempted a failed coup against the democratic government in Caracas....
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Cesar, Caracas
The government said Monday it is taking steps designed to prevent blackouts that have been hitting several regions across Venezuela, so there won’t be...
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Edgar, Caracas
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez exhorted supporters to treat next Sunday’s parliamentary vote as a “battle” for the two-thirds majority needed so his...
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Rafael, Caracas
President Hugo Chavez on Friday branded as “imperial vulgarity” a U.S. government report that faults Venezuela for not fulfilling its commitments against drug...
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Rafael, Caracas
An engineer working for state-owned utility Corpoelec was arrested for trying to “instigate” the assassination of President Hugo Chavez by means of messages and...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
Fidel Castro, visionary and pioneer. Fidel Castro is back in the game. After suffering a medical illness, the revolutionary initially let his brother Raul to take...
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Mohammed, Caracas
President Hugo Chavez’s allies launched their campaigns Wednesday for crucial congressional elections that come just as recession, crime and inflation have pushed...
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Fernando, Caracas
Prosecutors in Venezuela say a soldier opened fire at an army base in the capital, Caracas, killing two officers and wounding six other soldiers. The soldier...
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Otto, Caracas
Venezuela plans to continue shipping fuel to Iran despite the threat of U.S. sanctions. David Velasquez is Venezuela’s ambassador to Tehran. He says President...
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Rafael, Caracas
Venezuela’s Communist Party urged the government on Monday to seek the repatriation of convicted terrorist “Carlos the Jackal,” who is serving a life...
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Cesar, Caracas
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday went through with his threat to reject the diplomat nominated by President Barack Obama to be the U.S. ambassador to...
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Carlomario, Bogota
After the posturing and hysterics, an emergency meeting and competing press briefings, South American leaders were unable to resolve a crisis that began when the...
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Chad, Tempe
President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to cut off oil sales to the United States if Venezuela is attacked by its U.S.-allied neighbor Colombia in a dispute over...
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Cesar, Bogota
Venezuela and Colombia are the original odd-couple of Hemispheric diplomacy. With the former run by a rambunctious socialist autocrat and the latter by a U.S.-aligned...
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Daniel, Caracas
President Hugo Chavez announced on Thursday that Venezuela was breaking diplomatic relations with Colombia over Bogota’s claims that his government is sheltering...
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Daniel, Caracas
It’s President Hugo Chavez’s biggest economic battle cry, and it’s getting louder as Venezuela suffers a recession: “We’re going to bury...
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Ismael, Caracas
Tucked into forested hills in southwest Caracas, a red-brick housing complex for the poor is a testing ground for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s latest step...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
Meet Republican Crackpot: Sue Myrick of North Caroline. This zealot sees a Muslim conspiracy in everything and is akin to anti-Semities in that regard. Meaning just as...
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Mohammed, Caracas
Francisco Chavez Abarca was arrested by Venezuelan authorities last Thursday when he arrived at Caracas’ international airport. Venezuelan officials said Chavez...
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Otto, Caracas
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced Israel as a “genocidal” government on Sunday as he hosted Syrian President Bashar Assad on his first visit to...
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Mohammed, Caracas
Venezuela’s government plans to nationalize 11 oil drilling rigs owned by Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Helmerich & Payne in the latest takeover by the government of...
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Andres, Caracas
As Hillary Clinton continues her Latin American tour, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered a rather melodic response to the U.S. Secretary of State’s fiscal...
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Nolan, Mexico City
A leftist guerrilla movement responsible for many kidnappings and attacks inside Mexico is secretly receiving funding from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, U.S. and...
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Alberto, Caracas
Seeking once again to rein in a currency that has been devalued three times since he took power in 1999, President Hugo Chavez has ordered the central bank to take sole...
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Andres, Caracas
The Venezuelan government has set itself the goal of raising annual gold production from the current 4.2 tons to 10 tons next year, the minister of basic industries and...
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Alan, Birmingham
With less than two years left in his administration, former Honduran president and Hugo Chavez acolyte Manuel Zelaya attempted to extend his presidency beyond the...
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Victor, Caracas
A gas platform has sunk in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela, but the energy minister says it poses no risk to the environment. President Hugo Chavez...
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Seth Olloqui, Monterrey
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, informed via his Twitter account Wednesday that he ordered the nationalization of a private university that operated in the...
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Daniel, Caracas
Picture the scene: the gilded (yet suitably austere) presidential palace of Hugo Chávez, ringing with exclamations of frustration as he tries to shoehorn his...
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Incognito, Atlanta
Venezuela’s narcissist President Hugo Chavez has decided to join Twitter. As if he doesn’t have enough outlets to share his political diatribes. He spends...
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Edgar, Caracas
The president of Venezuela’s Civic-Military Front on Monday welcomed the decision by President Hugo Chavez to increase military pay by 40 percent. “Justice is...
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Christian, Caracas
The governments of Venezuela and Argentina signed on Tuesday 25 cooperation accords in a number of areas including food, construction and energy, during the latest of...
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Cesar, Caracas
Celebrations have been taking place in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, to mark the country’s bicentenary. A large parade included the military and different...
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Otto, Caracas
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on 35,000 armed militias on Tuesday to defend his socialist revolution with their lives if necessary as he faces a test of its...
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Jan, Madrid
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez assured that Venezuela and Spain are still friends despite attempts by some sectors to cause friction between the countries. Chavez...
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Daniel, Caracas
Venezuela has confirmed that eight Colombian citizens have been arrested on suspicion of spying, accused of trying to destabilise its power grid. Venezuela is...
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