‘Venezuelan Leader Uplifted Poor From Caracas to the Bronx’

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As millions gather to mourn Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the spate of criticism still pouring from the mouthpieces of the U.S. corporate media confirms elite hostility toward poor people and their defenders around the world.

Carol Delgado, Venezuelan consul general in New York, responds to the attacks.

—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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