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Hugo Chavez: 10 outrageous things he said about the US

Hugo Chavez, whose death was announced Tuesday, will be remembered worldwide as much for what he said as for what he did during his 14-year rule of Venezuela. From the vitriolic to bizarre, here is a list of 10 outrageous comments he made about the “Yankee empire” and its leaders.

8. Occupying Haiti

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US Marines carry cartons of bottled water after landing in a rural area outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in January 2010. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez accused the US of occupying Haiti under the disguise of 'aid' after the earthquake.

In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Chávez accused the US of occupying the country under the disguise of “aid.”

“I read that 3,000 soldiers are arriving, Marines armed as if they were going to war. There is not a shortage of guns there, my God. Doctors, medicine, fuel, field hospitals, that's what the United States should send,” he said on his weekly TV show. “They are occupying Haiti undercover.”

"On top of that, you don't see them in the streets. Are they picking up bodies?... Are they looking for the injured? You don't see them. I haven't seen them. Where are they?"

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