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Chavez Popularity Slips In Venezuela: Polls

AP | IAN JAMES | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez's support has declined in the polls as many Venezuelans say they are fed up with 27 percent inflation, a stagna...

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Venezuela Earthquake Rattles Caracas, Measures 6.4

AP | RACHEL JONES | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

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CARACAS, Venezuela — An earthquake shook Venezuela's capital and nearby states Saturday, injuring 14 people and causing damage to a few building...

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Tampa Bay's Fernando Perez: Baseball's Unlikely Poet

John Lundberg | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: The Poetic Life, Tampa Bay Rays, Baseball, Fernando Perez, Outfielder, Red Sox, Poetry Magazine, Caracas, Josh Beckett, Poetry, Rays, John Lundberg, Living News
John Lundberg

I tuned in to Tuesday night's Tampa Bay Rays/Boston Red Sox game hoping to watch Sox pitcher Josh Beckett carry my fantasy baseball team into the leag...

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Tens Of Thousands Protest Chavez In Venezuela

AP | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

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CARACAS, Venezuela — Tens of thousands marched through Venezuela's capital on Saturday to protest what they call growing authoritarianism by Pre...

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Chávez's Revolution Will Not Be Criticized

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Otto Gebauer, Francisco Uson, Robert Amsterdam, Brian Nelson, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, The Silence and the Scorpion, Freedom of Speech, Eligio CedeñO, Raul Baduel, Carlos Ortega, Caracas, Coup, April 11, Pedro Carmona, 11a, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Brian A. Nelson's new book The Silence and the Scorpion is a must read for anyone seeking to get an unbiased and comprehensive account of the two most controversial days of the Chávez presidency.

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Colombia Accuses Venezuela Of Supplying Swedish Weapons To Rebels (VIDEO)

GlobalPost | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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By Charlie Devereux CARACAS, Venezuela -- The discovery in a rebel camp of anti-tank rocket launchers that appear to have come from the Venezuelan ...

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Are Russia's Arms Deals to Venezuela Destablizing Central America?

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Joseph Biden, Robert Amsterdam, Igor Sechin, Kremlin, Arms, Business, Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, United States, Washington, Oil, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton, Moscow, Caracas, Security, World News
Robert Amsterdam

The grotesque level of corruption in both Russia and Venezuela should stimulate the discussion as to whether their predatory natures constitute not only an international crime, but also a breach of fundamental human rights.

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Hugo Chavez T-Shirts, Talking Dolls Serve Thousands Of Followers (VIDEO)

Global Post | Charlie Devereux | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

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CARACAS -- Reports on rallies in support of President Hugo Chavez often refer to a sea of red shirts. But where do all those T-shirts come from? How...

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Antonio Ledezma, Caracas Mayor, Protests Chavez With Hunger Strike

New York Times | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

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The mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, proceeded with his fourth day of a hunger strike on Monday in an attempt to call international attention to Pre...

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Anti-Chavez, Free Press Protesters Take To Streets In Venezuela

AP | RACHEL JONES | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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CARACAS, Venezuela — Hundreds of opponents of President Hugo Chavez marched in support of press freedom in Venezuela on Wednesday, two years aft...

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Venezuela's Next Generation of Political Prisoners

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

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Robert Amsterdam

The message is clear: the Chávez government believes it has won impunity to act above the law, paid for with political capital won by majority vote.

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Venezuela Synagogue Vandalism Suspects Arrested, Including 7 Police Officers

BBC | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

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Armed men broke into the building last week and daubed slogans including "Jews get out" on the walls before destroying religious objects. Critics of ...

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Venezuela's Jews Fear More Attacks As Chavez' Anti-Israel Campaign Intensifies

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

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CARACAS, Venezuela — As President Hugo Chavez intensifies his anti-Israel campaign, some Venezuelans have taken action, threatening Jews in the ...

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Chavez Reign Threatened By Food Shortages, Inflation

The Miami Herald | Tyler Bridges | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

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Desiree Pereira couldn't decide among the squash she was squeezing at a food stall on Tuesday. Pereira expressed no uncertainty, however, when asked ...

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Hundreds Protest Anti-Semitic Environment In Venezuela

Jewish & Israel News | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

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Hundreds rallied in front of the Venezuelan Consulate in New York to protest the vandalizing of a Caracas synagogue. The rally, organized on short ...

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Chavez Will Try Again To End Term Limits

Los Angeles Times | Chris Kraul | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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Reporting from Caracas, Venezuela -- Despite the prospect of economic hard times as oil revenue plunges, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is preparing...

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Chavez To Supporters: Be Prepared To Die For The Revolution

AP | Posted 12.29.2008 | World

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CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is asking the military and his supporters to prepare for a showdown with his newly elected political ...

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Python Kills Intern Zookeeper

The Independent | Eoghan Williams | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Python, Stupid News, Venezuela, Caracas, Animals, Interns, Home News

A three-metre (10ft) python has killed a student zookeeper who let the snake out of its enclosure in Venezuela while working a night shift at the zoo....

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