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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2013, 03:36 AM Mar 2013

Ban hails Chavez's work for poor

Ban hails Chavez's work for poor
2013-03-06 09:00

New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez on Tuesday, hailing his work on behalf of his country's poor and his support of Colombia's peace process.

"The secretary general was saddened by the death of His Excellency Mr Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," Ban's office said in a statement after Venezuela announced Chavez's death.

"President Chavez spoke to the challenges and aspirations of the most vulnerable Venezuelans," he continued.

"He provided decisive impetus for new regional integration movements, based on an eminently Latin American vision, while showing solidarity toward other nations in the hemisphere," the statement said.

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Ban hails Chavez's work for poor (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2013 OP

'He was a baseball man': Venezuela's baseball team mourns death of president Hugo Chavez Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #1

cue in the GOP un haters DonCoquixote Mar 2013 #2

Buncha furriners at the U.N. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #3

RIP Mr Chavez. darkangel218 Mar 2013 #4

Wonder what the whitehouse will say flamingdem Mar 2013 #5

Judi Lynn

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1. 'He was a baseball man': Venezuela's baseball team mourns death of president Hugo Chavez

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 03:50 AM

Mar 2013

'He was a baseball man': Venezuela's baseball team mourns death of president Hugo Chavez
By The Associated PressMarch 6, 2013 12:03 AM

JUPITER, Fla. - Venezuela's baseball team was taking pregame batting practice when players heard that president Hugo Chavez had died.

"He was a baseball man," manager Luis Sojo said after a 6-5 loss to the Miami Marlins in a warmup game for the World Baseball Classic. "At the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009, the first call in the morning was his. And after the game, he used to call me, too. It's a very sad moment for our country. We wish the best to his family, we know they are going through a tough time right now."

Chavez died Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year fight against cancer.

"It's sad what's happening to our country," first baseman Miguel Cabrera said. "We send our condolences to his family. This is something you don't wish on anybody.

"I don't know how his family is right now. He's no longer with us — it's very sad. I cannot comment a lot on it because I feel a lot of pain, and I'm not there in Venezuela."

More: http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/baseball+Venezuelas+baseball+team+mourns+death+president+Hugo/8054611/story.html#ixzz2MkB6rE7G