Chavez seeks strong mandate in election
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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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CARACAS, Venezuela  - President Hugo Chavez looked set to win as Venezuelans prepared for a closely watched vote on Sunday on whether to give the anti-U.S. leader six more years to wage his socialist "revolution."
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez easily won a referendum on his rule and offered on  Monday to open a dialogue with his opponents, while vowing to  intensify the reforms at the heart of the nation's political  conflict.
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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;.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez launches a robust defence of Iran's nuclear programme.
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Initial results from Venezuela suggest President Chavez has a commanding lead in a referendum on his rule.
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Venezuela's president urges dialogue  after the first results of an audit appear to confirm his referendum victory.
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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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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela on Sunday orderedforeign oil firms operating in its huge Orinoco heavy crudebelt to pay much higher taxes in what President Hugo Chavezcalled a drive to tighten sovereign control over petroleumresources.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez exercises broad power over Venezuela. His allies sit on every seat in the National Assembly. His supporters stack the Supreme Court. And every futile opposition effort to oust him, from a coup to a national oil strike to a recall referendum two years ago,...
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - President Hugo Chavez's rival in Sunday's election urged Venezuela's electoral authority to "play fair," a week after he warned of possible vote fraud.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds a wide margin over his main challenger as he seeks a third term in Dec. 3 elections, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that also revealed many government opponents are worried they could face reprisals for how they vote.
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President Hugo Chavez said he will chop three zeros off new bolivar currency bills to bolster Venezuelans' perception of a strong currency in a bid to curb inflation, which is now highest in Latin America.
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MARACAIBO, Venezuela  - President Hugo Chavez commanded a wide lead before Venezuela's election on Sunday, setting the stage for the self-styled revolutionary to intensify his anti-U.S., leftist crusade in Latin America.
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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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Venezuela&#39;s President Hugo Chavez pressed for a new anti-terrorism proposal on Saturday after a car bomb killed a top state prosecutor investigating opponents accused of backing a 2002 coup against him.
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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.