Venezuela Activist Faces Imprisonment
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She hugs strangers, has a ready smile and bubbles with optimism. Don't be fooled by that benign exterior, says the Venezuelan government, which describes Maria Corina Machado as a committed subversive intent on ousting leftist President Hugo Chavez.
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A Dutch judge Friday ordered the detention for two weeks of the exiled founder of the Philippine communist insurgency, Jose Maria Sison, suspected of ordering the murder of rivals.
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Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro was detained Saturday at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, according to a spokeswoman for the country's U.N. mission.
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A new penal code approved by Venezuela's Congress would stiffen prison sentences for slander and libel, drawing criticism from opponents of President Hugo Chavez.
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The leader of a Venezuelan heroin  trafficking ring has been extradited to New York on charges his  group brought $70 million worth of drugs into the United  States, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
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A court on Friday ordered that former President Rafael Calderon be jailed for nine months as investigators probe corruption allegations.
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VenezuelaÂs foreign minister was detained while trying to fly home after the United Nations General Assembly meeting, prompting an apology from the State Department.
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Venezuela demands the US extradite one of its nationals wanted for bombing a Cuban jet in 1976.
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A Chinese civil rights activist who chronicled the plight of other dissidents before being taken from his home in December has been officially arrested and charged with subversion, his lawyer said Friday.
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MANAMA, 22 November 2004 - Bahrainâs King Hamad yesterday ordered the release of a human rights activist who was sentenced to one year in prison earlier in the day for inciting political dissent.
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By Jude Webber LIMA, Peru  - The head of Peru's Congress onWednesday urged the region's top rights court not to order thefreedom of a New Yorker jailed for collaboration with leftistrebels, saying it had to realize "this lady is a terrorist."
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Chile's former President Augusto Pinochet is placed under house arrest on human rights charges.
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East Timor's prosecutors sought a seven-year jail sentence for a former interior minister on Thursday for allegedly giving weapons to civilians led by an army rebel during a wave of violence last year.
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Venezuelan prosecutors ordered the arrest of five former executives on Wednesday for crimes allegedly committed during a two-month strike that failed to oust President Hugo Chavez two years ago.
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Venezuela's opposition is demanding leftist President Hugo Chavez take a drug test after he said he chews coca leaves to keep up his energy.
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Costa Rica&#39;s former president Miguel Angel Rodriguez was jailed on Friday for six months pendinginvestigation of corruption charges against him.
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A San Jose court on Saturday placed former Costa Rica President and OAS Secretary General Miguel Angel Rodriguez under six months&#39; house arrest while awaiting trial on corruption charges.