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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he planned to lunch on Wednesday with ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 16 months.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided Friday at a regional petroleum summit in Cuba, pressing his efforts to counter U.S. influence in Latin America and the Caribbean by suggesting more of his neighbors could pay for cheap oil with goods or services in lieu of cash.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday his close friend and ally Fidel Castro is in a "great battle for life," but he also expressed optimism about the 79-year-old Cuban leader's recovery.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Cuban leader Fidel Castro is   now able to write notes and give orders as he recovers from   surgery, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday.
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BOGOTA/CARACAS  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said a mission to pick up three hostages being held in Colombia by Marxist rebels would begin on Friday.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Venezuela for talks with President Hugo Chavez.
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The Cuban President this week, according to wire reports, stood unassisted for several minutes at a time while greeting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who paid a visit to the island earlier this week.
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Venezuela's President Chavez arrives in Argentina for talks on integrating Venezuela into a regional trade bloc.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, his ideological mentor and ally, for six hours on Tuesday, Cuba's state television said.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro called in to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's radio talk show on Tuesday, declaring he's "more energetic, stronger" and his country is running smoothly without him at the helm.
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President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Fidel Castro is not dying of cancer, saying he had spoken with the ailing Cuban leader by phone and he is eating cautiously and well enough to joke.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez and his government are ready to meet President Bush and  U.S. administration officials to try to improve relations  following Chavez's referendum win, Venezuela's Foreign Minister  said on Wednesday.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he has held talks with a representative of Colombia's Farc rebel group.
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A clearly recovering Cuban President   Fidel Castro was shown on television on Friday meeting with   Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and brother Raul Castro, to   whom he temporarily ceded power a month ago to have abdominal   surgery.
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A clearly recovering Cuban President Fidel Castro was shown on television Friday meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and brother Raul Castro, to whom he temporarily ceded power a month ago to have abdominal surgery.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro, looking notably better than he did when last seen almost three weeks ago, happily greeted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a brief visit aired on state television Friday.
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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian President AlvaroUribe offered on Saturday to meet his Venezuelan counterpart,Hugo Chavez, to defuse a widening diplomatic dispute over thecapture of a top Colombian rebel in Venezuela.