TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABEL SANCHEZ.A guide explains to students about the "Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion" (CDR-Committees for the Defence of the Revolution) at the CDR museum in Havana August 21, 2009. Created by Fidel Castro in 1960, the 138,400 CDRs group more than eight million Cubans and inspired controversial similar initiatives to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABEL SANCHEZ.Information about the "Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion" (CDR-Committees for the Defence of the Revolution) at the CDR museum in Havana August 21, 2009. Created by Fidel Castro in 1960, the 138,400 CDRs group more than eight million Cubans and inspired controversial similar initiatives to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABEL SANCHEZ.A building depicting political posters with slogans of the "Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion" (CDR-Committees for the Defence of the Revolution) in Havana August 21, 2009. Created by Fidel Castro in 1960, the 138,400 CDRs group more than eight million Cubans and inspired controversial similar initiatives to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABEL SANCHEZ.A Cuban vigilant remains near a political poster with slogans of the "Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion" (CDR-Committees for the Defence of the Revolution) in Havana August 21, 2009. Created by Fidel Castro in 1960, the 138,400 CDRs group more than eight million Cubans and inspired controversial similar initiatives to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABEL SANCHEZ.Slogans of the "Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion" (CDR-Committees for the Defence of the Revolution) painted on a wall in Havana August 21, 2009. Created by Fidel Castro in 1960, the 138,400 CDRs group more than eight million Cubans and inspired controversial similar initiatives to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) extends his hand to Syrian wellwishers greeting him upon his arrival in Sweida, 100 kms south of Damascus, on Septamber 4, 2009. Chavez visited Sweida, homeland of many of Venezuela's million strong Syrian community, a day after holding talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Poster shows Chavez with Assad (R). AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez raises his fist as he addresses crowds in Sweida, 100 kms south of Damascus, on Septamber 4, 2009. Chavez visited Sweida, homeland of many of Venezuela's million strong Syrian community, a day after holding talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture in the background shows Chavez with Assad (R). AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) extends his hand to Syrian wellwishers greeting him upon his arrival in Sweida, 100 kms south of Damascus, on Septamber 4, 2009. Chavez visited Sweida, homeland of many of Venezuela's million strong Syrian community, a day after holding talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gestures as he addresses crowds in Sweida, 100 kms south of Damascus, on Septamber 4, 2009. Chavez visited Sweida, homeland of many of Venezuela's million strong Syrian community, a day after holding talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)
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