The Independent corrects a false claim about Hugo Chavez:
An article in our foreign pages recently alleged that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela had indulged in a “homophobic rant” against a political rival. We now accept that President Chavez did no such thing. We are happy to set the record straight.
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