Cohen Group
Veteran US diplomat and former Ambassador to Venezuela (1993-1996); senior advisor to the Cohen Group
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Jeff Davidow
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FROM Jeff Davidow
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Hugo Chavez: His Life and Legacy During fourteen years as President, Hugo Chavez used Venezuela's vast oil resources to help the poor, which made him a hero to masses of people. It also earned the ongoing opposition of the previous ruling class while, in this country, Chavez was demonized as anti-capitalist and anti-American. What's the mood today in Caracas? What about oil, Castro's Cuba and relations with the United States?
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