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September 2012

Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev: meet the new Genghis Khan

London 06.09.12 - Venezuelans complain a lot about the creeping authoritarianism of Hugo Chavez, his power-grip, the way he steals elections, mismanages the country's resources and ignores social issues. Undoubtedly, Chavez has squandered the largest windfall of oil income Venezuela has received. Chavez belongs in a particular league, and it's the sole American representative* to the club of petro-dictators.