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After Hugo Chávez became the President of Venezuela in 1998, Cuba and Venezuela began an organization in 2003 called the ALBA
This sentence gets both dates wrong: Hugo Chávez was elected in 1998 but took office on February 2, 1999, and ALBA was founded on December 14, 2004, not in 2003.
Full reasoning
Two separate chronology errors appear here.
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Hugo Chávez did not become president in 1998. He was elected in December 1998, but he took office on February 2, 1999.
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ALBA was not begun in 2003. The official ALBA-TCP site lists both Cuba and Venezuela as founding members with an adhesion date of 14 December 2004.
So the dates in this sentence should distinguish between Chávez's 1998 election and 1999 inauguration, and ALBA's 2004 founding.
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- Current Description of the Republic (U.S. SEC filing for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)
In December 1998, Mr. Hugo Chávez Frías was elected President for a five-year term... His inauguration took place on February 2, 1999.
- Inicio - ALBA-TCP
República de Cuba Fecha de adhesión: 14 de diciembre de 2004... República Bolivariana de Venezuela Fecha de adhesión: 14 de diciembre de 2004.
a further 14,000 operated on in St. Lucia.
This number is incorrect. Saint Lucia’s own government said in May 2006 that nearly 1,800 Saint Lucians had been treated under the project, and Saint Lucia’s Cuban eye center did not open until 2009.
Full reasoning
Official Saint Lucian government sources contradict the claim that 14,000 people had already been operated on in St. Lucia in May 2006.
- A May 12, 2006 Saint Lucia government press release says that since the project began on August 31, 2005, "nearly 1,800 Saint Lucians have received specialized medical treatment under the Project". The same release explains that the project was sending Saint Lucian patients to Cuba for treatment.
- An earlier March 2, 2006 government release says 10,000 persons were examined, 2,000 were recommended for surgery, and 1,000 had already travelled to Cuba for treatment. That strongly suggests the article has confused the number examined with the number operated on.
- A later official release says the Cuban Eye Centre of Excellence in Saint Lucia was formally opened in November 2009, which means large-scale local surgeries in St. Lucia were not already happening there in May 2006.
Taken together, these sources show that the article's claim of "14,000 operated on in St. Lucia" is not correct.
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- Saint Lucia’s Diplomatic Mission in Cuba Upgraded
Since the inception of Project activities for Saint Lucian patients on August 31, 2005, to date nearly 1,800 Saint Lucians have received specialized medical treatment under the Project...
- Over 10,000 St. Lucians have benefited from Cuban Eye Care Programme
10,000 persons were examined between August 2005 and January 2006... some 2,000 persons have been recommended for surgery, of which 1,000 have already travelled to Cuba for treatment.
- Recently opened Cuban Eye Centre of Excellence poised to serve the region says health minister
The Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Embassy of Cuba have officially open the doors to the Cuban Eye Centre of Excellence in Saint Lucia... The Cuban Eye Centre of Excellence was formally opened at the Victoria Hospital last week Friday.