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Goodbye, Chávez: LatAm’s Biggest Stories of the 2010s

By Theo Manzali de Sá Kaye

A leftist icon dies, a country collapses.

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WHO WAS INVOLVED: Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s longtime president; Nicolás Maduro, Chávez’s successor; the Venezuelan public

WHAT HAPPENED: The mastermind of the Bolivarian Revolution was diagnosed...

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