firebrand
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A Colombia-born businessman, Saab had become close to Venezuela's government in the final years of leftist firebrand Hugo Chavez's 1999-2013 presidency and then managed a vast import network for Maduro's administration.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Even Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, hardly a left-wing firebrand, quipped that the address was so full of fictions he was beginning to doubt whether the USA men’s hockey team actually won gold.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
By 2004, he had a falling-out with the government led by the late socialist firebrand Hugo Chávez, whose oil czar, Sargeant said, tried shaking him down for a bribe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Relatively unknown outside his own country at the time, Lee had a reputation as a firebrand who was sympathetic to socialist economic causes.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
Old buddy introduced him around till he knew every firebrand among the upper-class fellas the State Department wanted him to groom for revolution.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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