Word: fidels
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...free-market, pro-American policies commonly pursued in the region in the 1990s, when much was promised and little was accomplished in terms of raising living standards. The leader of this turn toward populism is Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who has cast himself as the heir to Fidel Castro, using his country's oil bonanza to purchase political influence all over the continent. But in recent months, the Chávez movement has run up against opposition from forces that view it as wrongheaded, militaristic and undemocratic. In Mexico's election, as in Peru's last month, Chávez turned...
Many notorious leaders have been kind to you. When I visited Cuba, [Fidel Castro] drove for me. He told me he had driven for only two people in his life--his mother and me. At the height of the cold war, I visited China. When I saw Chairman Mao, I kissed his hand, so he kissed my hand. "I like you," the Chairman said. "You're very beautiful, and childlike...
...Many notorious leaders have been kind to you. [Fidel] Castro too. When I visited Cuba, he drove for me. He told me he had driven for only two people in his life?his mother and me ... At the height of the cold war, I visited China. When I saw Chairman Mao, I kissed his hand so he kissed my hand. "I like you," the Chairman said. "You're very beautiful, and childlike...
...With only five days to go in the race, for instance, Montesinos managed to write and smuggle out of prison a 41-page booklet alleging that Chávez and Cuban President Fidel Castro have manipulated Humala, using him as a pawn to spread social unrest. Along the way, both candidates have been pelted with rocks and rotting vegetables, and six people were hurt when shots were fired during a Garcìa rally. Outgoing President Toledo has warned that "paid disturbances" could be in the works for election...
...Bush Administration has long argued that Chavez is a would-be dictator in the mold of Fidel Castro and a threat to hemispheric stability. But if Chavez can use his combination of financial clout and pan-Latin charisma to keep the Puerto Iguazu parties united, it would undoubtedly help raise his standing from an anti-U.S. firebrand to the sort of regional coalition-builder Latin America has never had. Alex Main, a former international relations advisor to Chavez, concurs: "This is the first time we've seen a real challenge to the unity of the new Latin American left...