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Friday, February 24, 2012
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds a figure of the Virgin Mary handed over to him by a supporter as he arrives to an event at the Teresa Carreno theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. Chavez is headed to Cuba for surgery to remove a potentially cancerous tumor while the nation's congress on Thursday unanimously approved permission for Chavez to leave, a formality required by the nation's constitution.
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