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Word: figueredo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Sabaneta, the Barinas town where Hugo Chavez was born. When Hugo was a child, she says, he told other children that he would become President, and when he did he would fix a broken water fountain in front of their school. Others, like childhood friend and neighbor Flor Figueredo, don't recall Chavez showing much political ambition back then. Except once. "He made a comment that with there being so much oil in Venezuela, look at how the streets were," she recalls. "And I said yes, Hugo, look at how depleted this town is. 'This country has to change directions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Everyone (Important) Is a Chavez | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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