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Chavez vows to improve Venezuela's prison system

07.08.2011 4:50

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez promised Saturday to fix Venezuela's notoriously corrupt and violent penitentiary system, swearing in a top official responsible for improving some of Latin America's deadliest prisons. Chavez expressed optimism that Iris Varela, a lawyer, congresswoman and high-ranking governing party member, will root out graft and curb violence in...

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