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Venezuela: Across and down with Hugo Chavez

    May 20, 2012

Intelligence agents in Venezuela interrogated a crossword puzzle writer for hours last week — and it wasn’t because they were still stumped by 12-across. Instead, they were investigating another far-fetched conspiracy theory by supporters of President Hugo Chavez — this time, an accusation that the puzzle contained encoded threats against Chavez’s family. Such a pathetic move would almost be comical if it weren’t alarming.

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