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Venezuela Has Become a Place of Great Change but Little Hope

May 8th, 2012

By Dan Miller El Presidente Chávez is probably dying and Fidel Castro has warned about blood (not Chávez’ blood) in the streets. He may well be right, for the wrong reasons. Venezuela became a mess, gradually, after el Presidente Chávez took over the government in 1999. Change came slowly for a few years but eventually […]

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Tags: Castro, Chavez, Cuba, elections, foreign policy, succession, Venezuela
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Hugo Chávez at Mass

April 6th, 2012

By Dan Miller Having returned on April 4th from his second round of Cuban radiation therapy for cancer of an unspecified type, Venezuelan el Presidente Chávez wept and asked God to spare his life during a pre-Easter Mass after returning from his latest session of cancer treatment in Cuba. … He says the latest surgery […]

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Tags: Brazil, cancer, Cuba, Hugo Chavez, Jesus, prayer, radiation, treatment
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The Good, Bad, Worse and Worst News from Venezuela

July 22nd, 2011

By Dan Miller The good news is that el Presidente Chávez of Venezuela is reported to have only a fifty percent chance of living another eighteen months. Doctors treating Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez for cancer told him weeks ago that he has only a 50 percent chance of living another 18 months, according to sources […]

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Tags: cancer, chaos, Chavez, Cuba, death, succession, Venezuela
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Chávez Is Off to Brazil; Belay That, He’s Off to Cuba

July 17th, 2011

By Dan Miller It had been announced earlier that el Presidente Chávez of Venezuela would soon leave for cancer treatment in Brazil and that According to the state-run news agency, which did not disclose its sources, Hugo Chávez’s representatives negotiated directly with advisors of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff the details of the treatment. AFP tried […]

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Tags: Brazil, cancer, Chavez, chemotherapy, Cuba, surgery, Venezuela
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Chávez Returns to Venezuela

July 5th, 2011

By Dan Miller El Presidente Chávez returned early [Monday] morning to Venezuela surprising most Venezuelans. He appeared to be in good spirits. (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ever-theatrical President Hugo Chavez made a surprise homecoming from Cuba on Monday and declared himself “fine” despite speculation his cancer may still require lengthy treatment. “I’m happy … I’m going […]

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Tags: 2012, cancer, Chavez, Cuba, elections, illness, return
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