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Cuba's Raul Castro announces retirement in five years
HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro announced Sunday that he will step down as Cuba's president in 2018 following a final five-year term, for the first time putting a date on the end of the Castro era. He tapped rising star Miguel Diaz-Canel as his top...
Tags: Political Systems, Fidel Castro, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Raul Castro, Havana (Cuba)
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Chavez's spirit will guide Venezuela - until leftist unity frays
Even in death, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez will be a powerful force guiding his countrymen to elect Vice President Nicolas Maduro to replace him. Some call the widely predicted victory of Chavez’s handpicked successor a “sympathy vote&...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Venezuela, Woodrow Wilson, Petroleum Industry, Inflation and Deflation
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Hugo Chavez: Admired and despised by readers
For just as many reasons readers found to sneer at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer, others found reasons to praise the late strongman. While several readers slammed Chavez for behaving like a dictator and...
Tags: Venezuela, Trade Dispute, Jimmy Carter, China, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida)
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Thousands of Venezuelans line street for Hugo Chavez procession
CARACAS, Venezuela-- In a massive outpouring of grief for Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, hundreds of thousands of his red-shirted, fervent and often tearful followers lined a route through the capital where his coffin was being carried on its way...
Tags: Caracas (Venezuela), Venezuela
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Hugo Chavez death: South Florida reacts to Venezuelan leader's demise
Sun SentinelVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday, had a substantial impact on South Florida, driving thousands of his citizens here to escape his reign. Middle-class and affluent Venezuelans, fearing they would lose their wealth and freedom, fled to...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Miami-Dade County, Colleges and Universities, Cuba, University of Miami
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Iran declares national day of mourning for Hugo Chavez
TEHRAN -- The Iranian government declared Wednesday as a national day of mourning for the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, praising the leftist firebrand as a foe of imperialism. In a cable to the Venezuelan presidential office, President...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Religion and Belief, Islam, Venezuela, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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3/7/2013-Hugo Chavez
I can't say I followed Hugo Chavez that closely. What I knew of him was that he was a buffoon who delighted in using over-the-top-rhetoric blasting the United States. He had a weekly TV show on Venezuelan TV that lasted from four to eight hours while he...
Tags: Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Joe Kennedy
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Sheryl Sandberg backlash: Actually, there's a lot to like about Facebook's feminist
It would be a shame if women beat up on female leaders such as Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg for taking a different path than the one laid out by “movement feminists.” Never mind that Mayer and Sandberg...
Tags: Social Media, The Washington Post, Feminism, Marissa Mayer, The New York Times
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U.S. to send delegation to Chavez funeral
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Wednesday offered Venezuela a chance to rebuild its relationship with the United States after the death of President Hugo Chavez, who had long railed against the “Yankee empire.” Though the...Tags: Washington, DC, Venezuela, Petroleum Industry, National Government, Politics
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Hugo Chavez: Words that grabbed headlines
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday at age 58, was a flamboyant figure on the world stage, often snagging headlines with his dramatic declarations in speeches and to the media. Here are some of the remarks that garnered international...
Tags: Sony Corp., George W. Bush, Haiti Earthquake (2010), World Water Day, ABC (tv network)
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Chavez death leaves behind daunting challenges at home, abroad
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez loomed so large over his country and Latin America for the last two decades that his death on Tuesday following a long battle with cancer confronts the region with potentially destabilizing political swings and economic...
Tags: Caracas (Venezuela), Cuba, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Politics
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World leaders react to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
News of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the leftist leader who had been battling cancer, reverberated Tuesday around Latin America and the world. In La Paz, Bolivia, a teary-eyed Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was devastated,...
Tags: Dilma Rousseff, Venezuela, Evo Morales, Francois Hollande, West Bank
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