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We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet. However, that requires a change in lifestyle, a change in the economic model: We must go from capitalism to socialism.

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Hugo Chavez
Age: 58 †
Born: 1954
Born: July 28
Died: 2013
Died: March 5
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