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Chavez Says He Will Continue to Speak Out Against Imperialism

Brian Padden

Published October 10, 2012

President Hugo Chavez's election victory appears to mean that relations between Venezuela and the United States will remained strained. VOA's Brian Padden reports that Mr. Chavez has been a fierce critic of the U.S. while nurturing friendships with U.S. adversaries like Cuba, Iran, and Syria, and his first news conference after his election seemed to reinforce some of those positions.