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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures during a meeting with the athletes that will compete in the Central American Games at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Wednesday, July 14, 2010.
Wednesday, Aug. 04, 2010

Open quoteRise up, Simón, as it's not time to die! Immediately I remembered that Bolívar lives!Close quote

  • HUGO CHAVEZ,
  • President of Venezuela, tweeting on the exhumation of Simón Bolívar, which he says he ordered to determine whether the political leader died from arsenic poisoning; some Venezuelans are questioning his motives
Photo: Fernando Llano / AP | Source: NYT