Opposition Candidate Promises to Liberate Venezuela from Cuban Influence

Venezuelan opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, has been questioning the value of ties built by the regime of Hugo Chavez between Venezuela and Cuba over the last fourteen years. Recently, Capriles posed a simple rhetorical question to clarify his hesitations over the value of working so closely with the communist nation, by asking, “If the Cuban…

Cancer Forces Chavez Back to Cuba

Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chavez, has been forced to Cuba for medical attention for the third time due to concerns of a cancer recurrence. Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador, has confirmed that Chavez was under going an operation for the cancer. Early in his administration, Chavez initiated an agreement with Cuba in which Venezuela agreed to…

Cristina Fernández Misdiagnosed

Last week, the president of Argentina had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and underwent surgery. Now officials are indicating that, rather than cancer, Cristina Fernández had a benign tumor. Recently, the heavy handed progressive president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, had suggested that the United States of America may have developed technology to induce cancer in their political…

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Chavez Blames United States for Cancer

On Wednesday, the president of Venezuela suggested that the United States of America may have developed technology to induce cancer in their political opponents, including himself. Hugo Chavez, long known for inflammatory rabble-rousing rhetoric against the West, suggested he would not be surprised if it was discovered in 50 years that the US caused the…