Sean Penn: Conversations With Chavez and Castro

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“Soon to be Vice President-elect Joe Biden was rallying the troops: ‘We can no longer be energy dependent on Saudi Arabia or a Venezuelan dictator.’ Well, I know what Saudi Arabia is. But having been to Venezuela in 2006, touring slums, mixing with the wealthy opposition and spending days and hours at its president’s side, I wondered, without wondering, to whom Senator Biden was referring. Hugo Chávez Frías is the democratically elected president of Venezuela” – Penn in The Nation

 

 

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