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Accused drug kingpin will go to Venezuela: Chavez (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

Reuters - Colombia will extradite a businessman accused of being a major drug kingpin back to his native Venezuela to face justice, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday on…

Chavez: State will lower prices of farm supplies (AP)

October 4th, 2010

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures during a news conference with foreign media at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Sept. 27, 2010. Chavez lost the two-thirds majority in the National Assembly as his opponents made gains in congressional elections Sunday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez promised on Monday to bring down prices of seeds and fertilizer as his government takes over a leading farm-supply business.


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Opposition hopes to rein in Chavez after election (AP)

September 27th, 2010

Supporters of Venezuelaâ??s President Hugo Chavez, reacts as they listen the results of congressional elections, outside of Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday , Sept 27, 2010. President Hugo Chavez held on to a congressional majority in elections Sunday, but his opponents made gains that could help them challenge his grip on power.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Opponents of Hugo Chavez won new clout to try to rein in a socialist leader who has ruled largely unchecked, making gains in congressional elections that weaken the…

Chavez allies win congressional majority in vote (AP)

September 27th, 2010

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez prepares to cast his ballot during congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)AP - President Hugo Chavez’s opponents blocked him from capturing an overwhelming majority in Venezuela’s congressional election, making gains that could challenge the firebrand leader’s iron grip on power.


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Official: Chavez allies win congressional majority (AP)

September 27th, 2010

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez prepares to cast his ballot during congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)AP - President Hugo Chavez held on to a congressional majority in Venezuela’s elections, but his opponents made gains that could help them challenge his grip on power.


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Chavez fights for control in congressional vote (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez prepares to cast his ballot during congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)AP - Opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tried to break his long-standing monopoly on power Sunday in congressional elections, while the firebrand leader rallied his supporters urging them to…

Chavez aiming to keep control in legislative vote (AP)

September 26th, 2010

A poster of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez covers the side of a phone booth where a man uses a public phone in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. Venezuela will hold legislative elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - President Hugo Chavez was seeking to hold on to his dominant control of Venezuela’s congress on Sunday in elections that put his popularity to a critical test.


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Chavez fights to keep control in legislative vote (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Accompanied by parliaments candidates of his party Freddy Bernal, left, and Cilia Flores, right, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, salutes as he campaigns in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010.  Venezuela will hold legislative elections on Sept. 26. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Going into Sunday’s legislative elections, President Hugo Chavez pitched his candidates like a salesman, promising Venezuelans he will give them low-interest credit cards and discounted appliances from washing…

Analysis: Obstacles as Chavez warms to Colombia (AP)

August 11th, 2010

AP - In less than three weeks, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez went from warning of a war with Colombia to offering ideas for peacemaking in his neighbor’s decades-long conflict with…

Chavez: US diplomat won’t be accepted as envoy (AP)

August 9th, 2010

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks to media after meeting his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Caracas August 6, 2010. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday went through with his threat to reject the diplomat nominated by President Barack Obama to be the U.S. ambassador to Caracas.


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