Chavez seeks crushing win in Venezuela
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President Hugo Chavez sought another six-year term Sunday in an election that weighed the popularity of his oil-funded handouts to the poor against fears of increasingly authoritarian rule by one of the Bush administration's most outspoken opponents.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. President Hugo Chavez was favored to win re-election on Sunday as Venezuelans decided whether to give the former soldier six more years to broaden his promised socialist revolution.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was headed for a landslide re-election win on Sunday, according to partial results from the National Electoral Council.
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Fiery Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has slowed his push for a socialist society, overhauling his Cabinet and promising to build bridges to business leaders after an unprecedented poll defeat last month.
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Supporters of President Hugo Chavez marched through Caracas on Sunday, demanding respect for Venezuela's sovereignty following U.S. criticism and Colombia's acknowledgment that it paid a bounty to capture a rebel on Venezuelan soil.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez drove himself to a polling station in a shiny, red Volkswagen Beetle on Sunday, seeking six more years in office to broaden his promised socialist revolution.
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Venezuela's fiery President Hugo Chavez has slowed his push for a socialist society, overhauling his cabinet and promising to build bridges with business leaders after an unprecedented poll defeat last month.
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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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President Hugo Chavez urged soldiers on Sunday to prepare for a guerrilla-style war against the United States, saying that Washington is using psychological and economic warfare as part of an unconventional campaign aimed at derailing his government.
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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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Move over Oprah -- Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is calling the literary shots this week.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Left-wing President Hugo Chavez was seeking a strong mandate for his self-styled revolution on Sunday as Venezuelans went to the polls to decide whether to re-elect the former soldier for six more years.
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With the backing of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela is setting up a state-owned telecoms firm to challenge dominant foreign owned operators.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pledged to deepen his "revolution" for the poor Wednesday as he marked his government's sixth anniversary, saying he intends to win another six-year stint next year.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez   pledged solidarity on Wednesday with Syria in its struggle   against Israel and the United States and predicted the demise   of U.S. "imperialism."
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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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Strengthened by his victory in a recall referendum, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez set his sights Tuesday on centralizing power, including exerting control over the courts, local police and the nation's broadcast stations.