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Many Venezuelans have been impressed by Chavez's fortitude. "It's already established that Chavez is a superman because he was sick and he didn't delegate to anyone," said Luis Montilla, a 51-year-old lawyer, expecting Chavez to return to Cuba for...
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He also remarked that he had “completely” denied the media accounts that his cancer had metastized “into the liver or I don’t know where else, that the cancer has spread throughout my body and that I’m dying”. “No, no. On the contrary, and this is good...
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Cuba and China's flags fly next to each other at an oil rig of the Great Wall Drilling Company, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), on the outskirts of Havana February 20, 2012. Cuba, which is in the midst of reforming its Soviet-style... View Photo »
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Feb 22: A fascinating encyclopaedia on the history of ballet in the island nation of Cuba, from its first traces in the 18th century till date, has been launched after a rigorous research, the Prensa Latina news agency reported. Author Miguel Cabrera,...
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Mr Chavez, 57, did not say when he would depart for Cuba. He said he would attend to government business today, including signing papers, meeting with the Cabinet and armed forces leaders. He said he would head for Havana "without haste. All in good...
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Veneminsk tractor factory in the Venezuelan state of Barinas. The rumors about Chavez's health began spreading when Nelson Bocaranda, a columnist at Venezuelan daily El Universal, posted an article to his blog and several tweets saying the president's...
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A surveillance camera hangs from a wall in a corner of Havana, on February 20, 2012. View Photo »
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Hugo Chavez will undergo another operation in Cuba in the coming days after doctors found a possibly malignant lesion in his pelvis where surgeons removed a large cancerous tumor last year, he said on Tuesday. The 57-year-old socialist president...
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Hom, left with bow tie, at the March 2010 "Havana Nights" fundraiser at which a trip to Napa Valley with a college contracting official was auctioned off. This photo was distributed by the college's public information staff after the event. Documents »...
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Havana (Spanish (IPA pronunciation: [a'ßana]) in full: Ciudad de La Habana, formerly named San Cristóbal de La Habana; UN/LOCODE: CU HAV) is the capital of Cuba. The city also forms one of the 14 provinces of Cuba. With a population of more than 2.2 million, Havana is the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean. It is located just over 90... Full Article
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