Chavez minister in spat with US
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Venezuela accuses the US of detaining its foreign minister in an airport incident - a charge the US denies.
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A government minister in Poland has been reprimanded for making critical remarks about the relationship between the Catholic Church and domestic violence.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez launched yet another verbal attack against President Bush upon returning from a highly charged U.S. visit Friday, calling on the American leader to resign.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez escalated a spat between Caracas and Bogota on Wednesday by accusing Colombia and its U.S. allies of plotting to kill him as the nations sparred over his ties with leftist rebels.
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Venezuela bids a hostile farewell to the US ambassador, as he regrets not achieveing greater dialogue.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - A Washington-basedpro-democracy group said on Thursday it wanted to defuse a rowwith leftist President Hugo Chavez, who has accused the U.S.Congress-funded organization of backing efforts to topple him.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to the national spotlight Wednesday, saying in a tongue-in-cheek manner that he missed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's criticism.
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Venezuela recalled its ambassador to Colombia after accusing the neighboring country Thursday of sending police to capture a Colombian rebel on Venezuelan soil and bribing local authorities to help.
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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez lambastes President Bush as the pair continue rival Latin American tours.
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President Hugo Chavez rejected a U.S. government report accusing Venezuela of funding efforts by Cuba&#039;s Fidel Castro to subvert democracy in Latin America, saying it indicated Washington&#039;s aggressive intentions toward Havana.
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President Hugo Chavez visited flood-ravaged Bolivia on Saturday to show off the fact that Venezuela has pledged 10 times more aid than the Bush administration. But local leaders gave him a cool reception, accusing him of meddling in Bolivian politics.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's foreign minister   said on Saturday that U.S. authorities detained him briefly at   New York's JFK airport in an action he called a violation of   international law.
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Cuba's foreign minister launched a blistering attack on President Bush at a U.N. General Assembly meeting Wednesday, a day after the U.S. leader spoke of a Cuba no longer ruled by Fidel Castro.
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Venezuela's information minister on Saturday criticized a U.S. plan to withdraw support for &#36;250 million in loan requests by his country because of its alleged role in the international trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation.
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An effort by Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃ¡vez to build a $20 billion pipeline has generated political and environmental controversy at home and abroad.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's foreign minister   was detained at a New York airport on Saturday, prompting an   apology from the U.S. government and compounding already tense   relations between the two countries.
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Venezuela apologises after President Chavez uses an image of Portugal's premier in a poll campaign poster.