Venezuela Poised to Hand ChÃÂ¡vez Wide-Ranging Powers
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- The line forms every day after dawn at the Spanish Consulate, hundreds of people seeking papers permitting them to abandon Venezuela for new lives in Spain. They say they are filled with despair at President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez's growing power, and they appear not to be alone. At other consulates in this capital, long lines form daily....
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On arriving in Spain for a short 3-day visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has expressed hope that Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will embark on a new foreign policy towards Venezuela.
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CARACAS -- Arturo Sarmiento speaks English polished at Sandhurst, Britain's military school. He made fortunes trading oil and importing whiskey. Now Sarmiento, just 35 and a staunch supporter of President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez owns an expanding television network.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela on Sunday slapped  higher taxes on foreign oil companies operating in its huge  Orinoco heavy crude belt in what President Hugo Chavez called a  drive to tighten sovereign control over petroleum resources.
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China and Venezuela sign a deal which will open the South American country's vast oil resources to Chinese investment.
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Venezuela formally entered Mercosur Friday, increasing the South American trade bloc's economic might and vowing to transform the once-sleepy policy organization into a force for profound social change.
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The White House hopes the deal will diminish the influence of Venezuelaâs president, Hugo ChÃ¡vez, who plans a rally against President Bush today.
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President Bushâs tour seems in part geared to counter the influence of President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of 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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CARACAS -- President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez ordered by decree yesterday the takeover of oil projects operated by foreign oil companies in Venezuela's Orinoco River region. Ch&#xE1;vez previously announced the government's intention to take a majority stake by May 1 in the four heavy oil-upgrading projects run by British Petroleum PLC, Exxon Mobil Corp. , Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips Co., Total SA, and ...
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Venezuelan forces told to prepare for US invasion.
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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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South American leaders are set to create an economic and political bloc modelled on the European Union.
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela on Sunday slappedhigher taxes on foreign oil companies operating in its hugeOrinoco heavy crude belt in what President Hugo Chavez called adrive to tighten sovereign control over petroleum resources.
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President Hugo Chavez&#039;s plans to build the first Kalashnikov factory in South America are stirring fears Venezuela could start arming his leftist allies in the hemisphere with Russian assault rifles.
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President Hugo Chavez called for the creation of a common defense pact between Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia, while the leftist Latin American bloc announced the creation of a development bank to finance joint projects.
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CARACAS, 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.