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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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Previous Psychiatrist Pens Presidential Pardon Petition

December 30th, 2011

By Dan Miller No, not for trying to help Chávez appear to be sane, something Chávez has rarely if ever managed. Instead, it was reported here that CARACAS – Psychiatrist and former university chancellor Edmundo Chirinos, who says that President Hugo Chavez was his patient, asked the Venezuelan head of state for a pardon to […]

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Tags: Hugo Chavez, insane, murder, pardon, prison, psychiatrist, sanity, satire
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Merry Christmas from Venezuela

December 11th, 2011

By Dan Miller Merry Chavezmas Hugo Chávez, the savior of Venezuela if not the entire world, was prominently featured in a Nativity display in Caracas.

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Tags: Christmas, communist, Hugo Chavez, leftist, Nativity, satire, Venezuela
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Is the (Red) Tide Turning in Venezuela?

September 12th, 2010

By Dan Miller More people now talk about el Presidente Hugo Chávez like a dog. * * * The recent loud but silent protest by the very beautiful outgoing Miss Universe, a Venezuelan, has not gone unnoticed in a country where the Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe contests are major distractions from daily woes. Miss […]

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Tags: criticism, flag, Hugo Chavez, Miss Universe, opposition, protest, Venezuela
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Going on Vacation to Venezuela? What Could Go Wrong?

June 16th, 2010

By Dan Miller Venezuela was once a beautiful but generally laid-back and therefore often relaxing tourist destination. My wife and I spent well over a year there off and on between 1996 and 2001. We enjoyed it so much that we thought of settling there permanently, probably up in the Andes not far from the […]

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Tags: Hugo Chavez, satire, socialism, tourism, Venezuela
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