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However, the paths that the South American giant has been taking under President Lula da Silva's governments are tortuous and gradual.
On July 28, the 70th birthday of the former president, 13 candidates are vying for the seat currently occupied by Nicolás Maduro, the favorite for a third term in office. Chavez's biographer, Modesto Emilio Guerrero, sheds light on the landscape of the elections, as well as the regional and international scene.
The reconstruction of destroyed infrastructure is already encountering difficulties with the controversial hiring of the company that brought chaos to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
More than 200,000 people are homeless; 20 years ago, climate change began producing unprecedented hurricanes and even prompted Al Gore to release the alarming documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”.
