Lula and Chavez to boost alliance
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The leftist presidents of Brazil and Venezuela meet on Monday to cement a strategic alliance based partly on oil.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe agreed on Tuesday to boost security cooperation and restart stalled trade deals after meeting to end a dispute over a captured Colombian guerrilla leader.
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LISBON -- The European Union invited Brazil yesterday to join a small group of strategic partners in what the Brazilian president, Luiz In&#xE1;cio Lula da Silva, said would revive a historic relationship.
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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian President AlvaroUribe offered on Saturday to meet his Venezuelan counterpart,Hugo Chavez, to defuse a widening diplomatic dispute over thecovert of a top Colombian rebel in Venezuela.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez  bolstered his cooperation with Cuba on Saturday by signing  energy, farming and finance accords, including a deal to expand  of one of his socialist ally's oil refineries.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva began talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, aiming to strengthen business ties and boost diplomatic links between the two emerging market giants.
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Caracas, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavezâs third visit to China paved the way for the strengthening of bilateral economic and commercial links, and the ratification of integration projects, Vea daily reported Monday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has   offered his country's oil expertise to Angola, sub-Saharan   Africa's No. 2 crude producer, in a strategy to boost ties with   what he calls "Mother Africa" and counter U.S. influence there.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his rival in the second round presidential election have begun courting small rival political parties ahead of the Oct. 29 runoff.
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Brazil's President Lula visits Cuba to strengthen economic ties and amid hopes of seeing the ailing Fidel Castro.
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Voters cast ballots for governors and mayors Sunday in elections expected to strengthen President Hugo Chavez&#39;s political power two months after he overwhelmingly won a referendum on his rule.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and three of his closest allies are teaming up to create a regional development bank intended to strengthen their alliance and promote independence from U.S.-backed lenders like the World Bank.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who survived a referendum earlier this month, vows to step up controversial agricultural reforms.
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Chinese and Portuguese presidents pledged here Wednesday that the two countries will promote exchanges and cooperation in various fields and at all levels for the full growth of bilateral ties in the new ...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, are trying to smooth over their worst diplomatic dispute in years with a face-to-face meeting to discuss the recent capture of a Colombian rebel in Venezuela.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Bolivian President Evo Morales reached a deal late Wednesday on how much Brazil will pay for Bolivian natural gas, apparently resolving an issue that has deeply divided the neighboring nations for a year.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- The United States and Brazil, the two largest biofuel producers in the world, are discussing a new energy partnership that they hope will encourage ethanol use throughout Latin America and that US officials hope will diminish the regional influence of oil-rich Venezuela.