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AP - President Hugo Chavez announced the expropriation of two more companies Sunday, the latest among hundreds of enterprises taken over in the socialist leaders campaign to make Venezuela less…

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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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…

AP - Opponents of President Hugo Chavez marched through Caracas on Saturday to protest rampant violence that claims thousands of lives each year in Venezuela and has been worsening in…

AP - A former Venezuelan army general who has denounced growing involvement by Cuban troops in President Hugo Chavez’s military appeared before prosecutors Wednesday to respond to charges of insulting…

AP - President Hugo Chavez is urging Colombia’s rebels to release their hostages as a means of kick-starting negotiations with the country’s new president to end the South American nation’s…

AP - President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he probably won’t accept the White House’s nominee for ambassador to Venezuela because the diplomat suggested that morale is low in the socialist…

AP - President Hugo Chavez threatened Sunday to halt oil sales to the United States if Venezuela is attacked by its U.S.-allied neighbor Colombia.

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AP - For Hugo Chavez, Simon Bolivar is more than a founding father to be feted once a year on his birthday. He’s the icon of an entire political movement.…

AP - President Hugo Chavez severed Venezuela’s diplomatic relations with Colombia on Thursday over claims he harbors guerrillas, and he warned that his neighbor’s leader could attempt to provoke a…