Chavez has been undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba for the past month, most recently experiencing respiratory complications.

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There is a reason Australia is undergoing severe rains and that the north of the US and Europe are experiencing serious winters.

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Why isn't Mexico undergoing the kind of heady expansion that China, India and many other rapidly advancing nations are experiencing?

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