Venezuela's Chavez Wins Recall Referendum
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's left-wing  President Hugo Chavez won a recall referendum on his divisive  rule in a vote backed on Monday by international observers who  found no "element of fraud."
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez, a populist who survived a coup two years ago, appeared  on Monday to have weathered the latest challenge to what he  calls his revolution to help the poor as he declared victory in  a historic recall referendum.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez has gained fresh energy for his left-wing populist  "revolution" and new democratic credentials with his resounding  win in Sunday's referendum.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday appointed new ministers of interior and justice and information, a cabinet reshuffle after his victory in a recall referendum.
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The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month's recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday.
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The referendum on Aug. 15, 2004 rejected the petition to revoke the mandate of President Hugo Chavez. The observation of The Carter Center mission confirms the results announced by the National Election Council
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Hugo Chávez, the strong-arm president of the oil power, Venezuela, has shown once again that he&#39;s a survivor. He beat back an attempted coup in 2002, and on Sunday handily won a hotly contested referendum that sought to remove him from office.
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Venezuelans turned out early and in large numbers on Sunday to vote in a historic referendum that will either remove left-wing President Hugo Chavez from office or give him a new mandate to govern for the next two years.
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President Hugo Chavez is riding high after his overwhelming victory in a recall vote this week, but analysts say his triumph may have limited impact on the deep economic and political problems threatening this major oil-producing country.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Three Venezuelan government  ministers said on Monday that President Hugo Chavez had easily  survived a referendum on whether to recall him but the comments  conflicted with opposition hints that they had won.
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BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- More leaders of various countries and international organizations lauded Venezuela&#39;s recall referendum on Tuesday, and some sent congratulations to President Hugo Chavez on his victory in the voting.
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BEIJING, Aug.18 (Xinhuanet) -- The international community has recognized and welcomed President Hugo Chavez&#39;s victory in the Venezuelan referendum.
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Venezuelan election officials agreed Tuesday to conduct a partial audit of the results of a recall referendum won by President Hugo Chavez, amid opposition charges of election fraud, officials told The Associated Press.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - An audit of Venezuela's  recall referendum has confirmed that President Hugo Chavez won  fairly and found no evidence to support fraud charges,  observers and electoral council officials said on Saturday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelans overwhelmingly voted to keep President Hugo Chavez in office, dealing a crushing defeat to a splintered opposition and allowing the leftist leader to convert one of the biggest challenges of his presidency into an even broader mandate to carry on his "revolution for the poor."   Stunned opposition leaders, who have fought for years to oust Chavez, claimed fraud after results announced Monday by election officials showed nearly 60 percent of voters had said "no" to the question of whether he should leave office immediately.    But former President Jimmy Carter and the Organization of American States endorsed the results of Sunday's vote, which saw one of the biggest turnouts in Venezuela's history, and urged everybody to accept the outcome...
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has gained fresh energy for his left-wing populist &quot;revolution&quot; and new democratic credentials with his resounding win in Sunday&#39;s referendum.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's left-wing  President Hugo Chavez easily survived a referendum on whether  he should step down, and international observers on Monday  dismissed furious opposition charges of fraud.