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Chavez retains secrecy over cancer in Cuba
The Associated Press ^ | Monday, July 18, 2011 | IAN JAMES The Associated Press

Posted on 07/17/2011 11:04:05 PM PDT by Rabin

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has placed utmost importance on secrecy, carefully offering only scraps of information about his condition…

Maria Teresa Romero, a professor of international studies at the Central University of Venezuela, said controlling information about Chavez's illness is important for him both to secure his hold on power in Venezuela and in his United Socialist Party of Venezuela.

(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: chaves; latinamerica
http://factsnotfairies.blogspot.com/2011/07/chavez-cancer-may-help-us-destabilize.html

Hugo & Fidel.. Dead men walking. Kinda the pits for such a plumb to drop at a time when we have no strategic leadership what-so-ever.

Sure to be messy, maybe better in the long run.

R.

1 posted on 07/17/2011 11:04:13 PM PDT by Rabin
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To: Rabin

Does he have caner of the romancer?


2 posted on 07/17/2011 11:05:59 PM PDT by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: LukeL

Probably AIDS too


3 posted on 07/17/2011 11:10:56 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: RightGeek

Yup. From taking it up the ass from Fidel.


4 posted on 07/17/2011 11:15:45 PM PDT by max americana (FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
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5 posted on 07/17/2011 11:17:24 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Rabin

Dear Hugo,

Please die soon.

Regards,

America


6 posted on 07/17/2011 11:47:20 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (Fight organized crime. Vote out all incumbent Democrats!)
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To: Rabin
Typical of the cone of silence Chavez has lowered over his health problems, he hasn't said how long the chemotherapy is likely to last

My guess is until your death.

7 posted on 07/18/2011 4:10:26 AM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((((unite))))
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To: Rabin

Croak you Bastard.


8 posted on 07/18/2011 4:32:30 AM PDT by bikerman (Where Has My America Gone?)
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To: bikerman

Check out time for Chavez, and only Joe Kennedy will miss him.


9 posted on 07/18/2011 5:36:42 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Rabin

Yep. Clearly, the prognosis is not good.

Politicians don’t hide good news, only bad.


10 posted on 07/18/2011 5:46:03 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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