The Hill: Obama chooses lawmaker accused of corrupt ties with Chavez to attend funeral
President Obama is sending a lawmaker whose relationship with Hugo Chavez has come under scrutiny in the past to represent the United States at the Venezuelan strongman’s funeral on Friday. Rep. Greg ...
Obama chooses lawmaker accused of corrupt ties with Chavez to attend funeral
Chavez's opposition to Zionism and close relations with Iran led to accusations of antisemitism. [404][405] Such claims were made by the Venezuelan Jewish community at a World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly in Jerusalem, after Venezuela's oldest synagogue was vandalised by armed men. [406]
Hugo Chavez was president of Venezuela (1999–2013) who styled himself as the leader of the socialist Bolivarian Revolution.
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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is exiting the Trump administration, White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung announced.
Cesar Chavez became the face of Latino civil and labor rights in the media and in history books, but scholars and activists are asking why "a community is only allowed to have one figure."
Cesar Chavez abuse allegations spur a movement to disavow the man ...
Artists who created public depictions of the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez have had to revisit their works after accusations emerged of Mr. Chavez’s sexual abuse of girls in the movement.