"An infernal machine that produces every minute an impressive amount of poor, 26 million poor in 10 years are 2.6 million per year of new poor, this is the road, well, the road to hell."

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Hugo Chavez

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Hugo Chavez was a Venezuelan leader known for his socialist policies and efforts to empower the marginalized, particularly through his Bolivarian Revolution.

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