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“My life changed forever when I met Hugo Chávez,” Prensa Latina reported in a 2023 story on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro describing his 30-year close friendship with his predecessor. “An extraordinary man, deeply human, noble and brave, with determination, ideals of justice and freedom,” he said of Chávez, who “became a second father, an example, a guide and a teacher.”

In a statement at the White House, President Obama paid tribute to Nelson Mandela who died Dec. 5 at age 95. As the world focuses on the historic handshake between President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro, we look back at the pivotal role Cuba played in ending apartheid and why Castro was one of only five world leaders invited to speak at Nelson Mandela’s Dec. 10 memorial in Johannesburg.