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| Chavez monument to be unveiled on the occasion of the NOAL Conference |
Worries over political protests, poor
attendance and food have dominated the buildup to a Non-Aligned Summit in
Venezuela instead of geopolitical issues the Cold War-era bloc was created to
address. President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government hopes to use the event,
from Tuesday to Sunday on Margarita Island in the Caribbean, to burnish its
international legitimacy and counter U.S. "imperialist" power. But
opponents, campaigning to have Maduro removed this year, want to spoil the
party and highlight an unprecedented economic crisis that is leaving many in
the OPEC nation hungry. More…
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