Chavez Slams Graft After Report Faults Venezuela
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez declared a "fight to the death" on Thursday against  corruption and urged supporters to give up material possessions  a day after the oil-rich nation was criticized as among the  most graft-ridden in the world.
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President Hugo Chavez visited flood-ravaged Bolivia on Saturday to show off the fact that Venezuela has pledged 10 times more aid than the Bush administration. But local leaders gave him a cool reception, accusing him of meddling in Bolivian politics.
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela Friday dismissedas "impertinence" U.S. criticism of its plans to buy Russianrifles and helicopters and suggested Washington was just soreit was not buying U.S. weapons.
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LIMA, Peru, Dec. 13 -- Argentina's new president berated the United States on Thursday for alleging that the government of Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¿vez had tried to illegally funnel cash to her recent presidential campaign, labeling the accusations "garbage."
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hardened his tone on Saturday in a diplomatic dispute with Colombia, which he accuses of plotting an invasion, and warned any attack would be met with force.
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CARACAS The Venezuelan electoral authorities on Thursday conducted a random audit of the referendum that confirmed President Hugo ChÃ¡vez&#39;s mandate, but the opposition rejected it and said the vote was a fraud.
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An audit of Venezuela&#39;s referendum results has confirmed President Hugo Chavez won the poll fairly and found no evidence to support the opposition&#39;s claims
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his opponents on Sunday they should not fear his left-wing &quot;revolution&quot; after his referendum win and pledged to respect private wealth and fight corruption.
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Venezuela's president attacks "plots" against his government and threatens action against a second TV channel.
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Venezuela has recalled its ambassador to Panama to protest comments by the outgoing Panamanian president regarding her reasons for pardoning four men convicted in a plot to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday shrugged off Colombia's criticism that he ignored crimes committed by that nation's guerrillas when he urged world leaders to stop classifying them as terrorists.
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Venezuela accuses Exxon Mobil of exaggerating the value of firm's former investments in the country.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez appeared to have survived a popular referendum to oust him, according to early results Monday, while Venezuela's opposition swiftly claimed fraud.    Backers of the leftist populist president set off fireworks and began celebrating in the streets of the capital in the pre-dawn darkness upon hearing the news from Francisco Carrasquero, president of the National Elections Council...
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The top U.S. military officer said on Thursday he was concerned by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's purchases of military equipment, saying they could harm efforts to build greater stability in Latin America.
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Venezuelan authorities accuse a TV channel of inciting the murder of the president, a day after closing another station.
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The Venezuelan government rejected comments by a senior U.S. official who called President Hugo Chavez a threat to democracy, saying they revealed that Washington's overtures for rapprochement were insincere.
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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.