US Assails Venezuela's High Court Scheme
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The State Department accused Venezuela on Wednesday of "packing" its Supreme Court to ensure a pro-government majority and said the move calls into question the country's commitment to judicial independence.
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President Hugo Chavez&#39;s spokesman on Friday accused &quot;terrorists&quot; training in Florida of being behind the assassination of a top prosecutor who intended to try backers of Venezuela&#39;s 2002 failed coup.
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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.
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President HugoChavez criticized the United States on Sunday for backingColombia in a dispute over the abduction of a top Colombianrebel and said Washington was trying to divide Latin America.
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By Patrick Markey CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's President HugoChavez pressed for a new anti-terrorism proposal on Saturdayafter a car bomb killed a top state prosecutor investigatingopponents accused of backing a 2002 coup against him.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticized the United States on Sunday for backing Colombia in a dispute over the abduction of a top Colombian rebel and said Washington was trying to divide Latin America.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reignited a war of words with Peruvian President-elect Alan Garcia on Friday, calling him a &quot;lap dog&quot; of the United States.
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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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Venezuela has called back its ambassador to Colombia, accusing the neighboring country Thursday of bribing Venezuelan authorities to participate in last month's capture of a Colombian rebel in Caracas.
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Venezuela president threatens to cut off oil supplies to the US if it continues an "economic war".
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez yesterday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States if ExxonMobil pursues international court orders it has obtained against billions of dollars of Venezuelan state assets in a contract dispute.
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Venezuelan forces told to prepare for US invasion.
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Venezuela's top oil official accused Exxon Mobil Corp. of "judicial terrorism" on Friday, but said court orders won by the oil major do not amount to confiscation of $12 billion (8.3 billion euros) in assets.
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Political motives suspected in the matter of a Venezuelan/U.S. citizen's visit with a cash-stuffed case.
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The Venezuelan leader lashes out at US policy towards Latin America as he and the US president continue rival tours.
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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez lambastes President Bush as the pair continue rival Latin American tours.
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Prosecutors in the US have accused Venezuela of secretly funding the election campaign of Argentina's newly inaugurated president, Cristina Kirchner. The claim ignited a political row between the three countries