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HNN Hot Topics: Hugo Chavez, 1954-2013

News

Hugo Chávez of Venezuela dies (3-5-13)

Commentary: Historians

Greg Grandin: The Legacy of Hugo Chávez (3-5-13)

Commentary: Media

Mac Margolis: Hugo Chávez’s House of Cards (3-7-13

Tariq Ali: Hugo Chávez and Me (3-6-13)

Francisco Toro: What Fidel Taught Hugo (3-5-13)

Past Controversies: South of the Border

Stone's, Weisbrot's, and Ali's Letter to the NYT (7-24-10)

Larry Rohter: Oliver Stone Still Doesn't Get It (7-26-10)

Oliver Stone, Mark Weisbrot, and Tariq Ali: Responding to the New York Times's Broadside at Our Documentary (8-1-10)

Oliver Stone: Misstatements and Factual Errors from Critics (8-1-10)

Mark Weisbrot: Rohter Strikes Out Yet Again on South of the Border(8-3-10)