Venezuelan President Approves Media Law
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A law that gives the government control over the content of radio and television programs in Venezuela took effect Thursday.
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Venezuelan lawmakers on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree for 18 months, saying the measure should be called an "enabling law".
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Venezuela's Congress on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez powers to rule by decree for 18 months as he tries to force through nationalizations key to his self-styled leftist revolution.
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By Patrick Markey CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan pro-governmentlawmakers began a final drive on Thursday to push through amedia content bill that international watchdogs and oppositionleaders warn could gag the press.
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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 asserted that âit was trueâ that the former Spanish conservative administration of Jose Aznar had supported the April 2002 coup.
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President Hugo Chavez granted amnesty Monday to those accused of involvement in a failed 2002 coup that briefly drove him from power.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his opposition candidates voted for state governors and mayorson Sunday, with tens of thousands of police and soldiers deployed around the country to maintain order.
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Radio Caracas Television, the station silenced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has found a way to continue its daily broadcasts -- on YouTube, the popular video Web site.
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President Hugo Chavez is set to assume unbridled powers to remake Venezuelan society as the National Assembly prepares to grant him authority to enact sweeping measures by presidential decree.
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A congress wholly loyal to President Hugo Chavez approved a law Wednesday granting him authority to enact sweeping measures by decree
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan leftist President  Hugo Chavez on Monday declared victory in a referendum on his  rule but the opposition called the results "a gigantic fraud."
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Some Venezuelan television channels began altering their programs Thursday, citing fears of penalties under a new law restricting violence and sexual content over the airwaves.
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Venezuela will install an advanced air-defense system with anti-aircraft missiles capable of shooting down approaching enemy warplanes, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended his plans to rewrite dozens of laws by decree, saying his country has a vibrant democracy and that the world's real "tyranny" is led by President Bush.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan police fired tear gas and plastic bullets yesterday into a crowd of thousands protesting President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez's decision that forced a television station critical of his leftist government off the air.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - An audit of Venezuela's  recall referendum has confirmed that President Hugo Chavez won  fairly and found no evidence to support fraud charges,  observers and electoral council officials said on Saturday.