Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:30 PM EDT
Venezuela's top prosecutor is asking Interpol to capture former President Carlos Andres Perez for violence committed during street protests two decades ago.
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Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:46 PM EDT
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi took a break from railing against colonialism at a summit in Venezuela to go window shopping, buy jewelry and mingle with stunned tourists at a Caribbean resort.
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Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:09 PM EDT
Over 2,000 opponents of President Hugo Chavez have gone to trial over the last seven years for crimes stemming from their participation in protests and dozens are currently in prison, a local human rights organization said Wednesday.
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Wed Aug 5, 2009 8:15 PM EDT
President Hugo Chavez told his military to be prepared for a possible confrontation with Colombia, warning that Bogota's plans to increase the U.S. military presence at its bases poses a threat to Venezuela.
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Tue Aug 4, 2009 7:08 PM EDT
President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday condemned an attack on an opposition-aligned TV station that he has threatened with closure, announcing that one of his radical supporters was detained for allegedly taking part in the assault.
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Mon Aug 3, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
Radio hosts hung their heads as their FM station was forced off the airwaves along with 33 other broadcasters targeted by President Hugo Chavez's government in what critics say is a campaign to muzzle his foes.
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Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:38 PM EDT
President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday his government will buy dozens of Russian tanks because Venezuela feels threatened by a pending deal for the U.S. military to increase its presence in neighboring Colombia.
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Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:20 PM EDT
A judge handling one of Venezuela's most politically charged cases said Monday that she was fired after complaining about pressure to rule against an opponent of President Hugo Chavez.
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Sat Jul 4, 2009 12:22 AM EDT
President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday — making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system.
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Fri Jul 3, 2009 6:07 PM EDT
President Hugo Chavez's government is imposing new regulations on cable television while revoking the licenses of more than 200 radio stations, the top telecommunications official said Thursday.
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Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:34 PM EDT
Venezuela's Health Ministry said Friday it banned sales of Coca-Cola Zero because the company failed to declare that the no-calorie soft drink uses an artificial sweetener allegedly harmful to health.
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Fri May 29, 2009 8:41 PM EDT
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday backed away from a direct debate with prominent critics a day after he invited Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and other Latin American intellectuals to join him on live television this weekend.
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Sun May 24, 2009 11:58 AM EDT
This vast ranch used to be filled with grazing herds of cattle, but the green pastures are now overgrown with weeds and dotted with patches where poor farmers grow corn and beans. The cows have vanished.
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Wed May 20, 2009 6:44 PM EDT
Thousands of university students marched through Venezuela's capital on Wednesday demanding more state financial aid for public universities after President Hugo Chavez's government reduced funding by 6 percent.
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Wed May 6, 2009 9:02 PM EDT
Venezuelan prosecutors filed embezzlement and other charges Wednesday against a former Caracas mayor who supports the government of President Hugo Chavez.
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Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:16 PM EDT
Venezuela's National Assembly has approved a law that gives control over the budget of an opposition-run city to an official appointed by President Hugo Chavez.
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:09 PM EDT
Venezuelan admirers hailed a slain Colombian guerrilla leader as a hero Thursday on the anniversary of his death, while Colombian officials boosted cash rewards for his top two successors.
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Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:59 PM EDT
Venezuela's finance ministry suspended the sale of a local bank controlled by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford on Friday, saying the only bidder's offer was too low.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:39 PM EST
President Hugo Chavez on Friday said Venezuela should bring to justice those responsible for violently putting down riots 20 years ago in Caracas.
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Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:55 PM EST
Venezuelans sunk as much as $3 billion into the Antigua-based Stanford International Bank, about a third of the money U.S. regulators hope to recover as they pursue their fraud case against the bank's Texas billionaire founder.
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Fri Feb 6, 2009 1:35 PM EST
Venezuela's foreign minister visited a synagogue on Thursday that was recently attacked by vandals and promised the country's Jewish community that authorities would determine who was responsible for the assault.
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Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:37 PM EST
Dozens of demonstrators waving banners reading "Hate Only Sows Hate" and "Coexist" gathered Tuesday in front of the United Nations' local offices to protest an attack on a Jewish synagogue and to warn against what some fear is a growing tide of anti-Semitism.
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Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:24 PM EST
Thousands of opponents and supporters of President Hugo Chavez took to the streets Friday as demonstrations heated up ahead of a divisive referendum in February on ending presidential term limits.
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:42 PM EST
Venezuela has weakened its economic position by transferring $12.5 billion of its international reserves to a state development fund, global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings said Friday.
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:24 PM EST
Brazil's president said Friday he expects President-elect Barack Obama will meet with the leaders of Venezuela and Bolivia, expressing hope the new U.S. administration will mend fences with the South American leftists who often clashed with the Bush administration.
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