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Hugo Chavez 25 years on
With the 25th anniversary of his first election approaching this year, KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on the achievements and legacy of an important figure in Latin America’s history
PLENTY TO CHEW ON: (Left) Mission Barrio Adentro, Dr Jose Castaneda, a dentist, is in charge of the health of children at the Bolivar Children's Centre in Santa Catalina, Merida state, Venezuela, May 2004; (right) Indigenous Wayuu learn to read and write with the Robinson in Casusai, Alta Guajira Parish, Guajira Municipality in Zulia State, Venezuela
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I HAVE written in the Morning Star before on when Hugo Chavez visited London and my later visit to Venezuela.
Now — at this time of great neoliberal crisis, the decline of the US empire and a new “left wave” in Latin America, the upcoming 25th anniversary of his first election towards the end of the year is an opportunity for both the left and Latin America solidarity campaigners to again reflect on his continuing relevance and significance today.
When he died tragically of cancer at only 58 years of age, it was shortly after he won yet another landslide victory in being re-elected in October 2012, having first been elected at the end of 1998.
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