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2013-04-03 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Steve White 2013-04-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Cults of personality tend to evaporate rapidly when the personality dies and you can't run a corpse for political office, although, in Chavez case, a corpse was running the government for about six months.

I guess the freezer burn and the green fuzz growing on Hugo was a give away. It's one thing to be duped by the hero, its another to be duped by his incompetent boob satrap.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2013-04-03 09:32|| 2013-04-03 09:32|| Front Page Top

#2 After having emptied their treasury for the 2012 elections, they have little money to hand out

Sounds quite familiar, eh Ms. Wasserman?

Seriously, that Hugo's party is broke is likely the only thing keeping Maduro from being a shoo-in. The question is whether there'll be an anonymous benefactor prior to crunch-time.

Posted by Pappy 2013-04-03 10:58|| 2013-04-03 10:58|| Front Page Top

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