U,S. Should Mend Relations with Venezuela -Senators
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - The United States should  build on its mutually reliant energy ties with oil supplier  Venezuela and seek better cooperation with President Hugo  Chavez to fight terrorism and drug-trafficking, three U.S.  senators said on Monday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela Friday dismissed  as "impertinence" U.S. criticism of its plans to buy Russian  rifles and helicopters and suggested Washington was just sore  it was not buying U.S. weapons.
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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.
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Congress and the White House need to work together to get the U.S. economy back on track, a leading Senate Democrat said Saturday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and two Latin American allies accused the United States on Tuesday of conspiring to undermine the region's leftist governments.
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U.S. drivers could be among those affected by Venezuela's increasing disarray.
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Irate Brazilian legislators told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday to tone down his criticism of their Congress or he would endanger Venezuela's entry into the South American trade bloc Mercosur.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian President Alvaro  Uribe offered on Saturday to meet his Venezuelan counterpart,  Hugo Chavez, to defuse a widening diplomatic dispute over the  capture of a top Colombian rebel in Venezuela.
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House Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Republican-controlled Congress to punish oil companies that won't renegotiate faulty drilling leases issued by the government almost a decade ago that have allowed companies to avoid paying billions in oil and gas royalties.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday it will be "very difficult" to normalize relations with neighboring Colombia amid diplomatic tensions with the government of President Alvaro Uribe.
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President HugoChavez criticized the United States on Sunday for backingColombia in a dispute over the abduction of a top Colombianrebel and said Washington was trying to divide Latin America.
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High-ranking US officials and lawmakers are pressuring the State Department to take a more punishing tone with Venezuela, at the risk of tossing &quot;red meat&quot; to President Hugo Chavez, who now rules by decree, experts told AFP.
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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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The United States is urging its citizens to think twice about traveling to Venezuela, citing protests and political tensions over the closure of an opposition broadcaster in Caracas.
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Leading advocates of easing sanctions against Cuba in the U.S. Congress will fly to Havana on Friday to assess the situation since ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro ceded power to his brother Raul in July.
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The State Department expressed concern Monday about reports that Venezuela is harboring leftist rebels from Colombia, and it urged the Caracas government to take action against any who are linked to U.S.-designated terrorist groups.
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Three U.S. senators met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday and said they came away optimistic the two governments can mend relations despite past tensions.