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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, plays the harp prior to delivering his annual state-of-the-nation speech to the National Assembly in Caracas, Friday, Jan. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, plays the harp prior to delivering his annual state-of-the-nation speech to the National Assembly in Caracas, Friday, Jan.

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  3. This 13 December 2002 photo shows a view of an oil refinery of the PDVSA Venezuelan oil company in the oil port of Tia Juana, Venezuela, 50 km (31 miles) from Maracaibo. Fears of violence mounted in Venezuela on the 12th day of a general strike that paralyzed petroleum exports and fueled a volatile conflict. Suggestions that protesters could lead a massive march to the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas exacerbated tension in the South American country polarized by demands for the resignation of President Hugo Chavez. Chavez, whose mandate ends in 2006, has rejected opposition demands that elections be held within months.
  4. Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez participate of a rally in favour of the candidate for the ruling party for the parliamentary elections Robert Serra in Caracas on August 25, 2010. Parliamentary elections will take place on September 26.
  5. People walk past posters of the party of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez seen around Caracas as part of the campaign for the parliamentary elections of September 26, on August 25, 2010.
  6. Francia Brito, left, and Elena Rodriguez, daughter and widow of Franklin Brito, react during his wake in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010. Franklin Brito, a farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government, died in a military hospital Monday, igniting finger-pointing between critics of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and his government.
  7. Elena Rodriguez de Brito, center wearing sunglasses, leaves the military hospital where her husband Franklin Brito died, with unidentified family members in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. Franklin Brito, a farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government, died in a military hospital Monday, igniting finger-pointing between critics of President Hugo Chavez and his government.
  8. Picture taken in Caracas on November 11, 2005 of Venezuelan biologist and agricultural producer Franklin Brito during a hunger strike. Brito, 49, died August 30, 2010 at the Military Hospital in Caracas after a hunger strike that lasted several months against a decision of the government of President Hugo Chavez concerning the expropiation of his land in 2005.
  9. General view of Jose oil plant in Puerto La Cruz, some 220 kilometers east from Caracas, 01 December 2007. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened Friday to stop oil exports to the United States if violence broke out after a controversial referendum at the weekend. He also told thousands of supporters in Caracas that he was sending the army to 'protect' all of the country's oil fields.
  10. Picture of an oil extracting station taken 28 July 2004 in Santa Cruz del Norte in Havana. Cuba, which has been in dire economic straits since the collapse of the former Soviet bloc which once flooded it with subsidized food and fuel, is eagerly awaiting news of the outcome of oil exploration off the island. The fact that the supply of Venezuelan oil - one third of what Cuba consumes - soon and just as suddenly could be cut off, would plunge Cuba into another economic black hole. That, if Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Castro's only close ally in the region, loses a referendum August 15 on cutting short his term in office and the opposition which has announced the flow of oil to Cuba would stop, comes out on top.
  11. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) speaks with Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Maria Angela Holguin (R) during a meeting in the presidential palace Miraflores, in Caracas on August 20, 2010.
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  13. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, speaks with Colombia's Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin, center, as Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, right, looks on after a meeting at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010.
  14. A woman, holding up a sign with an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, that reads in Spanish "Lets go to the victory, then" as she takes part in a rally held by Chavez's allies in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Chavez's allies launched their campaigns Wednesday for crucial congressional elections that come just as recession, crime and inflation have pushed the socialist leader's popularity to a seven-year low.
  15. People cheer during a rally held by President Hugo Chavez's allies in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. President Hugo Chavez's allies launched their campaigns Wednesday for crucial congressional elections that come just as recession, crime and inflation have pushed the socialist leader's popularity to a seven-year low.
  16. People, wearing masks depicting Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, ride a motorcycle as they take part in a rally held by Chavez's allies in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Chavez's allies launched their campaigns Wednesday for crucial congressional elections that come just as recession, crime and inflation have pushed the socialist leader's popularity to a seven-year low.
  17. Signs with images of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, that read in Spanish "Lets go to the victory" are seen at the Catia shantytown in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Chavez's allies launched their campaigns Wednesday for crucial congressional elections that come just as recession, crime and inflation have pushed the socialist leader's popularity to a seven-year low.
  18. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) shakes hands with Armando Benedetti, President of the Colombian Congress at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on August 16, 2010.

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