Venezuelans vote on Chavez rule
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Polling is extended as  Venezuelans flock to vote on whether  Hugo Chavez should stay as president.
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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.
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Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez is likely to win a referendum this year on scrapping term limits that would help clear a path for him to rule for decades, pollsters say.
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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 win in Sunday&#39;s referendum.
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Venezuela's assembly is to finalise a law granting President Chavez sweeping powers to rule by decree.
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Venezuelan lawmakers on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree for 18 months, saying the measure should be called an "enabling law".
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A referendum is under way in Venezuela to decide if President Hugo Chavez should remain in office.
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The United States said Tuesday the vote by Venezuela's people to allow President Hugo Chavez to complete his term marks an end to the Latin American nation's political crisis.
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Caracas, Venezuela - The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month&#39;s recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has survived a referendum to recall him, according to results released by electoral authorities on Monday with 94 percent of the vote counted.
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On Sunday, Venezuelans will decide whether to cut short the president's term, which is due to end in 2006.
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Venezuelan electoral officials on Sunday extended voting hours for the recall referendum on the rule of left-wing President Hugo Chavez until 12 a.m. to accommodate massive voter turn out.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to decide whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office, waiting in mile-long lines as election officials promised to keep polls until everyone got to vote.    The sheer number of voters - believed to be a record in Venezuela - along with problems with electronic thumb-printing machines overwhelmed election authorities, who twice postponed the polls' closing to midnight, eight hours later than originally scheduled...
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Venezuelans overwhelmingly voted to keep President Hugo Chavez in office, dealing a crushing defeat to a splintered opposition and allowing the leftist leader to convert one of the biggest challenges of his presidency into an even broader mandate to carry on his "revolution for the poor."
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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  - Venezuelans voted in huge  numbers on Sunday in a historic referendum on whether to recall  left-wing President Hugo Chavez and electoral authorities  prolonged voting well into the night.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's left-wing  President, Hugo Chavez, easily won a referendum on his rule and  on Monday offered to open a dialogue with opponents, while  vowing to intensify the reforms at the heart of the nation's  political conflict.