Venezuela vote keeps Chavez as president
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CARACAS -- Venezuelans voted resoundingly to keep firebrand populist Hugo Chavez as their president in a victory that drew noisy reactions yesterday from both sides in the streets. International observers certified the results as clean and accurate.
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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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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's left-wing  President Hugo Chavez won a recall referendum on his divisive  rule in a vote backed on Monday by international observers who  found no "element of fraud."
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Outspoken leftist Hugo Chavez claimed victory in his bid for a new term as Venezuela's president Sunday after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.
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There was no evident pattern of fraud in Venezuela's balloting that left President Hugo Chavez in office but a final judgment depends on what observers report, the State Department said Monday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his opposition candidates voted for state governors and mayorson Sunday, with tens of thousands of police and soldiers deployed around the country to maintain order.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelans turned out early  and in large numbers on Sunday to vote in a historic referendum  that will either remove left-wing President Hugo Chavez from  office or give him a new mandate to govern for the next two  years.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelans crowded polling  stations on Sunday to vote on whether to recall left-wing  President Hugo Chavez or back his mandate to govern the world's  No. 5 oil exporter for the next two years.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 16 -- President Hugo Chavez was declared the winner of a national recall referendum by a substantial margin on Monday, and said he had won a fresh mandate for the highly centralized, populist style of government that has stirred fierce opposition at home and irritated the Bush administration.
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President Hugo Chavez vowed to plow forward with his so-called &quot;revolution for the poor&quot; Sunday despite refusals by Venezuela&#39;s opposition to recognize his victory in a recall referendum last week.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stormed to a re-election victory in Sunday's vote, handing him an ample mandate to broaden his promised socialist revolution and challenge Washington's influence in Latin America.
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Venezuela's Congress delayed by a day on Tuesday its vote to give President Hugo Chavez decree powers enabling him to nationalize oil and utility assets and press his drive to turn Venezuela into a socialist state.
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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.
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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 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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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  - President Hugo Chavez painted Venezuela the "red, really, red" of his anti-U.S. socialist revolution, after sweeping to re-election in Sunday's vote with wins in every state in the OPEC heavyweight.