Hugo Chavez , who had been instrumental in strengthening the FARC, allowing the FARC to base themselves in Venezuela.
was on Cesar Chavez .
And President Chavez said, that's a great idea.
was then Hugo Chavez .
"Blame it on Chavez .
this is Michael Chavez he's really cool
I was a keynote speaker for Cesar Chavez , who is a legend and an advocate for Latinos, and we were at Eastern Michigan University.
had unfortunately been dragged by Chavez into a dungeon for over two years, and for that individual,
the president whose name was Hugo Chavez -- some of you may remember him-- and the political opposition.
Now let me pay attention to President Chavez and just give attention to him and try and figure out what was going on for him.
We saw that also with Hugo Chavez .
So Cesar Chavez , he was a veteran.
Or Larry Itliong who was as important as Cesar Chavez to the establishment of United Farm Workers.
But this conversation that I met with President Chavez was 10, 12 years ago.
My dad worked with labor relations with the farm worker Cesar Chavez .
crude oil from you instead of buying out from Hugo Chavez that's a easy sell it's
others Chicanos, you see the Chavez and there's always been that solidarity.
And that's who Cesar Chavez was.
The client left the court knowing that he could not survive one more day in Chavez 's Venezuela
I want to talk about one particular meeting I had with President Chavez .
one of the great privileges of my life was knowing sis of Chavez as a friend and I remember once a reporter commented
You can see there's Chavez Ravine to the right; it's pretty easy to spot.
to host parties in the carousel to support the plight of Daniel Ellsberg and Cesar Chavez .
The reason I do that-- the power clap, or as civil rights icon Cesar Chavez used to use with the farm workers-- he called it the si, se puede--
Unfortunately, within a few minutes, Chavez went on television, ordered the arrest of the judge.
Anyway, at one point-- I had a number of meetings with President Chavez -- but one of them-- he was a kind of complex and somewhat volatile individual--
Because if I had reacted, I mean, President Chavez was famous for giving eight hour speeches.
So I go down to Caesar Chavez .
And then obviously, the Mexican community has been along for very long, since before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.
And do you mind giving us a quick recap on who Cesar Chavez was for those of us who may not
with the President of the United Farm Workers, Arturo Rodriguez, whose father-in-law was Cesar Chavez .
And so some of the stories in that book, one that I love, is the one of this guy Juvenal Chavez .
And instead of reacting to them, I could simply let them pass so that I could then focus on President Chavez .