In Venezuela, obstacles to 21st Century socialism
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President Hugo Chavez's ambitious project to bring "21st Century socialism" to Venezuela is running into obstacles -- easy cash, corruption and an expanding class of citizens who are growing rich by exploiting economic distortions.
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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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Hugo Chavez, who has endured a rough political ride since first coming to power in 1998, is the subject of both adulation and loathing both at home and abroad.
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A Venezuelan weblog, Noticias24.com, says the "first manifestations of censorship on the internet" are being felt in the country.
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A discussion of Venezuela&#39;s political crisis should not begin or end with a cautionary parable about Herbert Mathews, but his image is hard to shake.
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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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CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez of Venezuela has long pledged to buck Washington-backed economic policies in Latin America. Now, two months after winning reelection and consolidating his hold on the country with new powers to rule by decree, he is strengthening economic ties in the region in a bid to limit U.S. influence....
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London is the latest city to get a fuel deal as part of the Venezuelan leader's '21st century socialism.'
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Venezuela's parliament is set to discuss for a second time President Chavez's  call for constitutional changes.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Summoned by bugle calls and firecrackers, millions of Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to vote on whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office.    Lines snaked for blocks in upscale neighborhoods, where suspicion is high that the leftist leader plans a Cuba-style dictatorship, and in the slums, where support for his "revolution for the poor" is fervent...
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan lawmakers backing  left-wing President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday they were  working with opponents to rewrite parts of a media law that has  come under fire from critics who fear it will muzzle dissent.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has displayed canny brinkmanship in his nationalization drive toward Cuba-inspired socialism despite his image as an impulsive Latin American revolutionary.
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Two important new books help understand why Venezuela's leftist president is considered both a national hero  and a flawed demagogue
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President Hugo Chavez has proposed slashing Venezuela's working day to six hours to turn its socialist revolution into a paradise of leisure - with one exception.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 3 -- By an overwhelming margin, Venezuelans reelected President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez on Sunday, further extending a presidency that began when the former paratrooper was swept into power eight years ago, intent on overturning Venezuela's old social order. ChÃÂ¡vez will receive another...
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BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela -- When President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez brought the Copa America to Venezuela for the first time, his government sought to showcase the oldest international soccer tournament as a smoothly organized success.
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Under pressure from opponents of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's elections council has adopted safeguards for the country's electronic voting machines to prevent tampering in Sunday's election &#151; conditions so strict that experts say they surpass some standards in the United States.