Hugo Chavez Peace Prize awarded to Vladimir Putin by Maduro

Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 04:11 UTC

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday announced the creation of peace prize in honor of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, and said he was awarding it to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The announcement comes on the same day that the Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize to Juan Manuel Santos, president of neighboring Colombia, for his role in negotiating a peace agreement with Marxist FARC rebels. Read full article

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“I think President Vladimir Putin deserves this Hugo Chavez award,” he said, describing Putin as a “fighter for peace.”

For invading Crimea and annexing it peacefully...I guess....
Oct 11th, 2016 - 09:30 am - Link - Report abuse -2
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DemonTree
Nah, it was probably for bombing hospitals in Syria.
Oct 11th, 2016 - 11:13 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Idlehands
I assume he'll be awarding himself the economics prize.
Oct 11th, 2016 - 11:26 am - Link - Report abuse +3
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Mendoza Canadian
La la land gets nuttier every day....and then there is this misery:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3830672/Prisoners-starving-death-Venezuela-s-jails-country-s-economic-collapse-sees-food-medicine-run-out.html
Oct 11th, 2016 - 11:42 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Tarquin Fin
This is ridiculous. But then, all peace prizes are ridiculous.
Oct 11th, 2016 - 01:22 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Briton
Probably true.
Oct 11th, 2016 - 06:54 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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CapiTrollism_is_back!!
It could be worse, you could be the UK, which is getting neither the Nobel nor the Chavez of either Peace or Economics!
Oct 12th, 2016 - 07:48 am - Link - Report abuse -4
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Jack Bauer
Besides the useless miniature replica of the Chavez statue, will Putin also get a US$ 1 million, or will the money prize also be miniature, perhaps US$ 1,00 ??
Oct 12th, 2016 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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DemonTree
Actually Capi, one of the winners of the Nobel for economics was originally from Britain.

And Putin was last seen on the VZ/CO border exchanging 1m Bolivares for US$80...
Oct 12th, 2016 - 07:07 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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gordo01
This is just an anti-American gesture by this dreadful man. Pobre Venezuela!
Oct 13th, 2016 - 05:21 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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