TASK DEFINITION: Given a document and an entity the task is to select the author's sentiment towards the entity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the article expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the document expresses no clear view towards the entity or has equal amounts of positive and negative statements or expressing some fact/quote by someone else. Select Negative if the article expresses a negative view towards like harsh remarks, criticizing entities action/decision etc. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hugo Chavez ? "Petrocaribe will be strengthened -- independent of the international situation  independent of the price of oil " Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said as he arrived Friday in St. Kitts.
 His country's state Bolivarian News Agency said Petrocaribe leaders meet "with the expectation of its expansion  as well as new programs of cooperation and attention to a world increasingly thirsty for fuel."
 During the meeting  Chavez called the pact a geopolitical and social "offensive for unity " and said Venezuela is open to accepting other nations. "If some countries want to join  the doors are open " he said.
 The plan promotes Chavez's vision of regional independence from the United States  and the lure of cheap oil has drawn countries friendly to Washington as well as his leftist allies.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Zeltser Zeltser ? In November  Zeltser was placed in a prison hospital after arriving at a penal colony in eastern Belarus  where he was denied medicine  according to lawyers.
On leaving the prison clinic in the eastern town of Mogilyov  ZeltserZeltser said  "I am glad about my freedom."
Zeltser  slightly limping  was met by U.S. officials and entered a car with them to head for the U.S. Embassy in Minsk.
Blaus an its authoritarian leader are on a drive to court better political and economic ties with the West  and Washington had said Zeltser's release would help the process.
U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters earlier that Washington welcomed news that Zeltser would be released.
He said Zeltser's imprisonment was "a major obstacle in our bilateral relations. We still have other concerns  of course  with some of the actions of the Belarusian government. So we're very happy that this one obstacle has been removed  and we'll review our policy as necessary."
The Russian-born Zeltser is a high-profile lawyer who headed the non-governmental American Russian Law Institute in New York. He once sued the Bank of New York for $2 billion on behalf of investors who had lost their deposits.
Zeltser is a renowned expert on organized crime and money laundering  particularly in former Soviet republics.
His clients have included Pavel Borodin  a former Kremlin aide who was accused of money laundering by a Swiss court  and Badri Patarkatsishvili  the late Georgian billionaire who was a bitter opponent of Georgia's current administration.
Belarusian authorities said that fake documents Zeltser was carrying were tied to Patarkatsishvili's business interests.
Zeltser's brother  Mark  has said that the Zeltser had flown to Minsk to check on the status of several of Patarkatsishvili's assets. Some bsrvrsinBears ugesedtht else'sares ayhae ee arrange by those trying to illegally obtain Patarkatsishvili's considerable assets.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Raqqa ? Smoke rises after an air strike during fighting between members of the Syrian Democratic Forces and Islamic State militants in Raqqa  Syria  August 15  2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
In the end  IS suffered its most decisive defeat and watched their self-proclaimed caliphate evaporate in Iraq  then in Syria as Kurdish-led forces retook Raqqa  ISâs urban stronghold there.
The battle for  Raqqa  which became  ISâs operational base in Syria  had a different feel to it as U.S.-backed Kurds and Arabs in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) tightened their siege.
In the weeks before  Raqqaâs  fall in October  young female SDF fighters faced off against hardened militants and suffered losses. But that did not curb their enthusiasm and some said they would eventually like to join Kurdish PKK militants in Turkey and help advance their 33-year-old insurgency there.
After ISâs defeat in Raqqa   Raqqa residents  formed a council to run the city but  they  had no budget when it was first set up  just residents streaming into  their  tin  run-down headquarters demanding everything from instant jobs to getting  their  damaged farmland back.
The Kurdish groups who led the fight against Islamic State in its former capital  Raqqa  must now navigate a complex peace to avoid ethnic tension with the cityâs Arab majority and to secure critical U.S. aid.
So  life for  Raqqa âs victors will remain fraught with risk.

SOLUTION:
Neutral