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[โ€“] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

and both men died in a hospital bed in their respective countries in 2013.

A fact the US bitterly weeps about still

[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There's a good chance the US actually did kill Chavez with a slow-acting poison of some kind. You can find a lot of articles about his rapid deterioration.

There's a good chance the US actually did kill Chavez with a slow-acting poison of some kind.

Well that fucking sucks.

[โ€“] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

They still would have preferred him rotting at Guantanamo, isolated of his loved ones, with Juan Guaido as president of Venezuela, giving away all the oil he could to American companies. I'll take it like a win.

[โ€“] fort_burp@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Indeed! Castro famously opted for a moral vest over kevlar when visiting the US.