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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C) and Ecuadorian counterpart Rafael Correa greet families made homeless by recent torrential rains as they visit a shelter in Caracas December 14, 2010
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010

Open quotePut up Gaddafi's gift. You can install it in the gardens of Miraflores. Close quote

  • HUGO CHAVEZ,
  • Venezuelan President, saying he would govern temporarily from a tent given to him by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, allowing the families made homeless by floods and landslides to sleep in cots in his office in Miraflores Palace
Photo: Jorge Silva / Reuters | Source: NYT