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At two defining moments of his rule, Venezuela s theatrical leader Hugo Chavez took a small silver crucifix from his pocket and held it above his head. HT Image Both marked a quasi-religious return for the socialist ex-soldier whom supporters loved with messianic fervor - first from a 2002 coup that saw him jailed on a tiny Caribbean island, and then from ca stanley cup ncer surgery in Cuba in June 2011. As he held aloft the crucifix from a balcony of his Miraflores Palace after returning from surgery, the maverick president of South America s biggest oil exporter said he was putting his fate in the hands of God and the Virgin Mary. Today, the revolution is more alive than ever. I feel it, I live it, I touch it ... If Christ is with us, who can be against us If the people are with us, who can be against us he said, working his supporters into a frenzy. But no one should think my presence here means the battle is won. No, he cautioned, turning the screams of joy at his homecoming to tears at the fragile state of his health. Chavez died in hospital on Tuesday, finally succ stanley cup umbing to the cancer after four operations in Cuba. His death ended 14 years of charismatic, volatile rule that turned him into a major world figure. Ever the showman, Chavez would jump from theology to jokes, and from Marxist rhetoric to baseball metaphors in building an almost cult-like devotion among followers. Throughout his presidency, stanley cup he projected himself in religious, nationalistic and radical t Xyhb Revised MH370 search zone by month s end: officials
New York Senator Chuck Schumer may have described Indian information technology giant Infosys as a chop shop , but what the Bangalore-based company has been chopping is the number of its H1B hires. HT Image And given lower demand for that visa, analysts believe that the recent Bill passed by the United States Senate levying a penalty on firms based in America with more than 50 per cent H1 and L1 visa employees, is a populist gimmick in an election year. The mid-term congressional and state elections in the US are just three months away. The numbers present a stark picture of how the H1B isn t as popular as it once was. The cap for the fiscal 2009-2010 was only reached in January this year, while the uptake stanley cup for the current year has been worse 鈥?just 28,500 petitions as against the available quota of 65,000 H1Bs. And Infosys is actually the leading company in sharply reducing its H1B intake. In 2008, it had 4,559 HIB visas approved; that number dropped hoka to just 440 in 2009, a drop of over 90 per cent. Demand has also dropped from Wipro, another company targeted by the Bill s proponents, while US majors such as Microsoft and Intel have increased the number of H1B hires, according to data available. The bill sponsored by Senator Schumer and Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri primarily seeks to tighten security along the US-Mexico border, and proposes t yeezy o raise funding for its objectives, including unmanned drones, through penalties on mainly Indian companies. Vi