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Hugo Chavez’s Death Is a Blow to Iran

March 11, 2013 Ilan I. Berman U.S. News & World Report

The passing of Hugo Chavez last week shouldn't have come as much of a surprise to most observers. The death watch for the long serving Venezuelan strongman had been in effect since at least mid-2011, when he confirmed longstanding rumors by publicly announcing that he was being treated for an aggressive form of cancer.