Chavez&#39;s victory
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The reaction by Venezuela&#39;s opposition to the failed effort to recall President Hugo Chavez was disorganized and misguided. The two dozen groups behind the recall never worked together on a political message
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An audit done by international observers has confirmed that President Hugo Chavez beat a recall referendum and that the vote was fair, an electoral council official said on Saturday.
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Venezuela&#39;s electoral authorities said Saturday an audit of the vote on President Hugo Chavez&#39;s rule found no proof of fraud.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez survived a popular referendum to oust him, according to results Monday, while Venezuela's opposition swiftly claimed fraud.    Backers of the leftist populist president set off fireworks and began celebrating in the streets of the capital in the pre-dawn darkness upon hearing the news from Francisco Carrasquero, president of the National Elections Council...
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claimed victory with a cry of "long live the revolution" as official results showed him heading for a landslide re-election win on Sunday.
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President Hugo Chavez calls it one of his greatest achievements: a public health system with new clinics, refurbished hospitals and thousands of Cuban doctors providing free checkups for the poor.
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Venezuela&#39;s electoral authorities Friday ratified the results of a recent referendum that kept President Hugo Chavez in power.
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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  victory in Sunday's referendum.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez appeared almost certain to have survived a referendum that sought to oust him, the head of the elections commission said Monday.    With 94 percent of the vote counted, 58 percent voted to keep Chavez in office, said Francisco Carrasquero, president of the election commission...
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An audit by international observers supported official elections results that gave President Hugo Chavez a victory over a recall vote against him, the secretary-general of the Organisation of American States announced.
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An audit of Venezuela&#39;s referendum results has confirmed President Hugo Chavez won the poll fairly and found no evidence to support the opposition&#39;s claims
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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez's overwhelming victory in a recall referendum has left the opposition reeling, with some calling for protests and others for calm and a recount.    Chavez won 58 percent of the historic vote Sunday, not only surviving the effort to oust him but converting one of the biggest challenges of his presidency into an even broader mandate to carry on his "revolution for the poor" in his second term which ends in January 2007...
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his rival averted a bloodbath in the polarized OPEC nation by quickly conceding defeat without contesting his landslide re-election on Sunday.
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Hugo Chavez is due to be declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential poll in a ceremony.
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Uruguay&#39;s first leftwing president in its 170-year history yesterday celebrated his election victory, consolidating a political swing to the left across South America.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan leftist President  Hugo Chavez on Monday declared victory in a referendum on his  rule but the opposition called the results "a gigantic fraud."
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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.