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inance behind a screen of false diversity. They have adapted in many ways to the age of the inter- "We're not perfect. But we do have democracy." —Hugo Chavez "Yes, we falsified the last election.... In fact, 93.5 percent [of ballots were] for President Lukashenka. People say this is not a European resu
ite their efforts to hollow out Venezuela's democratic infrastructure and their virulent anti-Americanism, the late Hugo Chavez and his successor, Nicolas Maduro, had no difficulty in finding American consultants who would repre- sent the interests of their government and the national oil company?' Richard
wyer Sidney Powell that U.S. voting machines made by EFTA00137273 Dominion Voting Systems Inc. used software made in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez," who "died in 2013." The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.corrillifestyle/style/rudy-giuliani-press-conference-trump- election/2020/11/
y leaders of siphoning fuel during gasoline shortages, "appears to be part of a wave of repression against leftist activists alienated by President Nicolas Maduro, who seems intent on consolidating power in parliamentary elections in December." Critics say Maduro, "having crushed the political parties opposed
C NEWS Hugo Chavez Hugo Chavez, who won another six-year term as Venezuela's president in October 2012, is one of the most visible, vocal and controversial leaders in
urther operation in February 2012. However, in December 2012, he announced he needed further cancer surgery in Cuba, and named his Vice-President, Nicolas Maduro, as his preferred successor should the need arise. Since then he has struggled to recover and remained out of public view, finally returning to Ve
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inance behind a screen of false diversity. They have adapted in many ways to the age of the inter- “We're not perfect. But we do have democracy.” —Hugo Chavez “Yes, we falsified the last election... In fact, 93.5 percent [of ballots were] for President Lukashenka. People say this is not a European result,
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019244 →espite their efforts to hollow out Venezuela's democratic infrastructure and their virulent anti-Americanism, the late Hugo Chavez and his successor, Nicolas Maduro, had no difficulty in finding American consultants who would repre- sent the interests of their government and the national oil company.” ¢ Richard
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019279 →in control of the situation, without any person or group whatsoever that visibly challenges its authority with any possibility of success. 5. After Hugo Chavez’s election to the presidency of Venezuela at the end of 1998, that oil- producing country transferred to Cuba enormous amounts of resources. The econom
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025095 →favorable to “the Cubans.” The disappearance of Chavism in Venezuela would be an economic and political catastrophe for Cuba. Today the popularity of Nicolas Maduro is less than 20%. 4. The political stability of the Cuban regime until now has depended on control by Fidel and Raul Castro. Fidel just turned 89, a
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025098 →Entities connected to both Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro

Donald Trump
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Barack Obama
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Venezuela
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Bloomberg L.P.
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Joe Biden
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Department of Justice
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USA Today
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United States
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George W. Bush
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Stephen Hawking
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Virginia Giuffre
PERSONThe New York Post
ORGANIZATIONLeon Black
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Prince Andrew
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George Mitchell
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Julie K. Brown
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Mike Pence
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Colorado
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Michigan
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