More leaders hail Venezuela&#39;s recall referendum
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BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- More leaders of various countries and international organizations lauded Venezuela&#39;s recall referendum on Tuesday, and some sent congratulations to President Hugo Chavez on his victory in the voting.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has gained fresh energy for his left-wing populist "revolution" and new democratic credentials with his resounding win in Sunday's referendum.
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CARACAS -- Venezuelans voted resoundingly to keep firebrand populist Hugo Chavez as their president in a victory that drew noisy reactions yesterday from both sides in the streets. International observers certified the results as clean and accurate.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 16 -- President Hugo Chavez was declared the winner of a national recall referendum by a substantial margin on Monday, and said he had won a fresh mandate for the highly centralized, populist style of government that has stirred fierce opposition at home and irritated the Bush administration.
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Venezuela's left-wing President Hugo Chavez won a recall referendum on his divisive rule in a vote backed on Monday by international observers who found no "element of fraud."
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An audit of Venezuela&#39;s recall referendum has confirmed that President Hugo ChÃ¡vez won fairly and found no evidence to support fraud charges, observers and electoral council officials said Saturday.
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CARACAS : An audit of last Sunday&#39;s recall vote in Venezuela, which favored keeping President Hugo Chavez in office, found no evidence of fraud, as the opposition had charged, electoral officials said.
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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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Venezuela's president urges dialogue  after the first results of an audit appear to confirm his referendum victory.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has gained fresh energy for his left-wing populist &quot;revolution&quot; and new democratic credentials with his resounding victory in Sunday&#39;s referendum.
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After demanding an audit of voting results upon failing to oust President Hugo ChÃ¡vez in a recall referendum, representatives of Venezuela&#39;s opposition movement
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - An audit of Venezuela's  recall referendum has confirmed that President Hugo Chavez won  fairly and found no evidence to support fraud charges,  observers and electoral council officials said on Saturday.
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BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- China on Tuesday expressed its respect for Venezuela&#39;s referendum result and said it was glad for the smooth operation of the referendum.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez, a populist who survived a coup two years ago, appeared  on Monday to have weathered the latest challenge to what he  calls his revolution to help the poor as he declared victory in  a historic recall referendum.
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The leftist president of Venezuela, backed by 58 percent of voters, easily rebuffed a recall referendum on Sunday. In the course of his political career, the 48-year-old former military officer has endured jail time and overcome two ...
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's left-wing  President Hugo Chavez on Monday declared victory in a historic  recall referendum on his rule, but his opponents vowed to  challenge vote results they rejected as a "gigantic fraud."
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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.