"Chavez forced US oil companies to pay serious royalties which he used for universal healthcare, leading to his vilification by mainstream media, including PBS, which gets most of its donations from big oil"
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Why Did the US Government and Big Oil Hate Chavez?
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Greg Palast: Chavez made big oil pay serious royalties which he used for social programs, he enjoyed majority support in many elections, but American media vilifies Chavez as a dictator
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Juan Cole: Venezuela and the Middle East After Chavez - Truthdig
The foreign policy of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez imagined that socialism and anti-imperialism are the same thing, and that he could lead a new sort of socialist international. These ...
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