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The controversial and gregarious Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez Frías died after a long battle with cancer.
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-- -- is dead if you're -- form.
He died yesterday some horrific cancer yeah we -- -- very few details about what to Cuba for his medical.
Care it didn't work out so he passes away.
And America loses -- staunch -- and I don't listen yeah Jimmy Carter misses and Sean Penn mrs.
-- Oliver Stone misses him it's interesting just before it was announced it Hugo Chavez.
Who was dead did you see the vice president he would -- his successor came and said the United States of America infected him with cancer.
It was a weird day but at the end Hugo Chavez.
You know.
Died.
And Cuban medicine certainly takes a hit John Bolton was on the on the record program last night reviewing.
The guy's life.
From the US point of view this has enormous potential implications.
Because -- Venezuela that moves away from Chavez's foreign policy means -- Venezuela.
That's less welcoming to Iran and its efforts to avoid international sanctions -- use Venezuela's uranium reserves.
For its nuclear program is about as well less friendly to Russia less friendly -- Castro's Cuba.
Less friendly of left wing regimes around the hemisphere which its finances and their campaigns and and other aspects.
This is a potentially huge change.
I mean the country suffers from lack electricity 7% of its food got to be imported.
And then they weren't country that's as you just heard.
Rich in oil there's no lesion for it and you remember what they didn't he didn't 2006.
Now we talked about our president did even -- -- Charlie Rangel.
Who said how disrespectful this was the seven guys up there ranting about the United States of America in America don't interesting to see how this plays out in the coming weeks.
