Even in Chavez's hometown, Venezuela 'revolution' ails before election
By Alexandra Ulmer SABANETA, Venezuela (Reuters) - In 2010, late socialist leader Hugo Chavez knelt down in the backyard of his childhood home in Venezuela's lush plains to plant an orange tree named 'revolution' as red-shirted supporters cheered and cameras flashed. During a song-and-dance commemoration of Chavez's birthday last year, his successor Nicolas Maduro sowed another orange tree in the same garden. "They have some sort of infestation," tour guide Ana Hidalgo said in the sun-doused yar
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