Tickle me Hugo

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CARACAS — Reports on rallies in support of President Hugo Chavez often refer to a sea of red shirts. But where do all those T-shirts come from? How does a 21st century socialist kit himself out with the required uniform? Revolutionary peddlers such as Edison Malave have the answer.

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