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March 5, 2012

Hugo Chávez Sends Solidarity to Assad, Syria 
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has voiced his support for Syrian
President President Bashar al-Assad. Chavez made the comment in a speech
from Havana where he is receiving medical treatment after doctors found
a new cancerous tumor.

Hugo Chávez: "From here, we send our solidarity to the Syrian people,
to President Bashar al-Assad, and we demand and we ask for the cessation
of the armed aggression, not only diplomatic, armed infiltration, armed
mercenary terrorism to justify — this is the same thing that was
done to the Libyan people and to the government of murdered ex-President
Muammar Gaddafi."



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