“Chavez is a great friend of Argentina who helped ... On Friday Cristina Fernandez had lunch with Fidel and Raul Castro, the latter now president of Cuba because the historic leader of the ...

From 1999 to 2002 -- as Chavez toured the world, visiting leaders like Castro, Muammar Khadaffi and Saddam Hussein -- more than $21 billion left the country. Foreign investment fell from $1.5 ...