Venezuela opposition refuses to admit defeat
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CARACAS -- The Venezuelan opposition yesterday refused to abandon its challenge to last Sunday's vote that gave a landslide victory to President Hugo Chavez, asserting that electronic voting machines must have been tampered with before voting began.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday urged his opponents to recognize his recall referendum victory and pledged dialogue even with his &quot;most bitter enemies
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed his victory Monday in Sunday&#39;s repeated presidential run-off while his opponent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich refused to concede the defeat.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. President Hugo Chavez vowed to thwart what he says is an opposition plot to stage a coup and "ruin Venezuelans' Christmas" after an election on Sunday that he expects to win easily.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - With a cry of "long live the revolution," anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won re-election in a landslide after his challenger conceded on Sunday.
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At the time of this writing, the leadership of the opposition to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Coordinadora Democratica (CD), has not officially accepted Chavez&#39;s 58% - 42% victory in the August 15 recall referendum.
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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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Colombian rebels insist they will not free any hostages despite government plans to release jailed rebels.
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ARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 17 - Venezuela&#39;s opposition movement, crushed by its failure to oust President Hugo Chávez in a recall referendum, pressed ahead Tuesday with efforts to delegitimize the results of an election it insisted was ...
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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  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez headed to a clear re-election victory over his united opposition rival on Sunday, a government-paid exit poll showed but the opposition rejected such data.
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U.S. objections will not prevent Venezuela from going ahead with its plans to purchase 100,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles and dozens of helicopters from Russia, Venezuela's vice president said Friday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday threatened opposition governors with jail if they lose in the upcoming Oct. 31 election and refuse to give up their posts.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez on Friday urged his opponents to recognize his recall  referendum victory and pledged dialogue even with his "most  bitter enemies" to heal the country's deep political divisions.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's opposition  leaders said on Wednesday they had given observers evidence of  electronic vote tampering that helped President Hugo Chavez win  Sunday's referendum, but they rejected an audit meant to clear  up their fraud charges.
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West-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko looked certain on Monday to become Ukraine's next president, but his opponent, the prime minister, refused to concede defeat in the bitterly fought contest.
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Pledging to respect private wealth and fight corruption, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has told his opponents they should not fear his left-wing &quot;revolution&quot;.