Venezuela head seeks merger
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wants to merge his coalition partners into a single party.
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MOSCOW, June 29 -- Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez called on Russian business leaders Friday to boost their investment in his country, criticizing U.S. companies as "vampires" and inviting Russians to help develop a massive oil deposit.
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Venezuela's oil industry will enter a new period of stability and growth after Sunday's referendum on Hugo Chavez's presidency, the president of the state-run oil company said Sunday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The United States said on  Monday it will seek better ties with oil-rich Venezuela in the  clearest sign since President Hugo Chavez won a recall  referendum in August that Washington is looking for  reconciliation with the firebrand populist.
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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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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 offers neighbouring states the option to pay for oil with local produce.
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His quest has led him to seek a seat for Venezuela on the UN Security Council.
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said on Sunday the final resolution to the worst  diplomatic dispute between Venezuela and Colombia in years will  depend on the outcome of a meeting between the two countries'  presidents this week.
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Venezuela's President Chavez visits Colombia for talks on how to broker a hostage deal with left-wing rebels.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday he planned to hold talks with Colombia's FARC guerrillas in Venezuela in an attempt to break a stalemate on freeing kidnap victims held for years by the Marxist rebels.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez threatens to nationalise supermarkets that raise food prices.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - A Washington-basedpro-democracy group said on Thursday it wanted to defuse a rowwith leftist President Hugo Chavez, who has accused the U.S.Congress-funded organization of backing efforts to topple him.
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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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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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CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 24 -- President Hugo Chavez on Friday proposed joining forces with communist Cuba to bring free health and education programs to poor Caribbean nations ravaged by recent hurricanes and tropical storms.
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A top U.S. official said Washington was willing to work with most of Latin America's leftist governments but criticized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's moves to nationalize industries as a return to the "failed policies of the past."