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HARDtalk: Hugo Chavez, late president of Venezuela

Hugo Chavez

15/06/2010

Hugo Chavez, late president of Venezuela

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Hugo Chavez, late president of Venezuela

Stephen Sackur talks to the former president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez.

Filmed in 2010, Stephen Sackur talks to the late president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez, who delivers an uncompromising message.

HARDtalk marks its twentieth anniversary with a repeat of an exclusive interview filmed in 2010. Stephen Sackur talks to the late president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. During the interview the president delivered an uncompromising message, accusing the Obama administration of 'imperialist pretensions'. He rejected accusations that he incarcerated opponents and defended his friendship with the president of Iran.

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