Venezuela Says Will Not Tolerate U.S. Meddling
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By Patrick Markey CARACAS, Venezuela  - The U.S. government mustrespect Venezuela's sovereignty and stop meddling if it wantsto improve ties with its fourth-largest oil supplier, ForeignMinister Ali Rodriguez said on Wednesday.
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PANAMA CITY -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Venezuela's foreign minister fired verbal broadsides at each other here yesterday over the silencing of a key opposition television station in Venezuela .
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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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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hardened his tone on Saturday in a diplomatic dispute with Colombia, which he accuses of plotting an invasion, and warned any attack would be met with force.
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Oil traders and ship brokers said on Friday Venezuela's PDVSA state-owned oil company had stopped exports of unleaded gasoline to the United States, but the company denied the reports.
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Despite his nationalization moves, Venezuela's leader has a way to go. But a lot depends on how the U.S. treats him
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Venezuela's defense minister said Monday his country's military buildup isn't a threat to the region as he joined Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and counterparts from across the Americas in discussing possible joint humanitarian missions.
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The top U.S. military officer said on Thursday he was concerned by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's purchases of military equipment, saying they could harm efforts to build greater stability in Latin America.
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President Hugo Chavez on Friday accused Colombia and the United States of plotting a military "aggression" against Venezuela.
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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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A top U.S. official said Washington was willing to work with most of Latin America's leftist governments but criticized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's moves to nationalize industries as a return to the "failed policies of the past."
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HAVANA, Feb. 12 -- Cuban President Fidel Castro warned the United States on Saturday against plotting to kill his most important ally, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
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Venezuela's president can improve ties by avoiding inflammatory remarks, the US State Department says.
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The United States is lobbying hard to block Venezuela's bid for a seat on the U.N. Security Council, fearful that Hugo Chavez, its fiercely anti-American president, will disrupt the body as it confronts hot issues such as Iran and Sudan.
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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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Russia's foreign ministry rejects US claims that an arms shipment to Venezuela could be sold on to rebels.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez froze ongoing bilateral accords and energy deals with  Colombia on Friday in retaliation for the abduction of a  leading Colombian Marxist rebel from Venezuela.