‘It’s utter surrealism’: Venezuela’s Chavistas lament government’s embrace of Trump

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Diehard Hugo Chávez supporters struggle to comprehend ideological U-turn being executed by Delcy Rodríguez’s interim administration He was one of the most passionate propagandists for Hugo Chávez’s Bolivarian revolution: a feisty leftist TV personali…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:34 UTC.

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