Chavez of Venezuela dead of cancer | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Venezuela's Chavez dies

Published: 6 Mar 2013 at 05.49
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lost his battle with cancer Tuesday, silencing the leading voice of the Latin American left and plunging his divided oil-rich nation into an uncertain future.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez salutes from a balcony of the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on July 28, 2011. Chavez died Tuesday, Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced, shortly after Caracas revealed that the cancer-stricken leftist icon was suffering from a severe infection.

Vice President Nicolas Maduro, who struggled to hold back tears as he announced Chavez's death, said the government had deployed the armed forces and police "to accompany and protect our people and guarantee the peace."

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abbub
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Discussion 5 : 06 Mar 2013 at 12.015
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A bit of an oddball but Chavez did a lot for his country, even with some failures like crime.

Contrary to right wing propaganda, he was elected in what international observers called "the most free and fair elections in the hemisphere ever".

I am sure the US has already drawn up a strategy to get in and take back what it considers as theirs.

Well past the mid 20th century Venezuela had the per capita potential to be one of the richest countries in the world. It was instead poverty-ridden,
as 70% of the profits from natural resources went into US banks.

AKA by the misnomer of "free market economy".

Be watchful now people of
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Discussion 4 : 06 Mar 2013 at 10.204
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I hope their next leader helps the country achieve its potential.
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Discussion 3 : 06 Mar 2013 at 09.043
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Chavez has done only marginally better for his people then Nigeria, with both countries having vast oil reserves. With such oil wealth and population the people of Venezuela deserved much more out of someone whose own people seemed to back him but got very little in return, sounds familiar!
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Discussion 2 : 06 Mar 2013 at 08.472
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His government without him must find out who and what country actually gave him this disease. It was too late he could have come to Thailand and had learned to live with cancer very happily. He could have rest in peace long time ago but he was so beloved won reelection while fighting cancer. Now time to rest in peace Mr. President.
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Discussion 1 : 06 Mar 2013 at 08.041
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Rest in peace el Presidente. Your legacy will live on in the world for ever. Thank you!
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