Centeno marched in the streets last year and says it's been tough waiting for Congress to act.

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Forty-seven-year-old Maurillo Centeno(ph) says he wants a part of that dream.

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Chavez then stayed in Colombia for six months, adopting the nickname of Commander Centeno, while establishing contacts with the Colombian Marxist narco-guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN).

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