Audit of Venezuelan vote confirms Chavez victory
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CARACAS, VENEZUELA - An audit of ballots from 150 voting stations has confirmed that President Hugo Chavez won last week&#39;s recall referendum, reported the Organization of American States Saturday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has gained fresh energy for his left-wing populist &quot;revolution&quot; and new democratic credentials with his resounding win in Sunday&#39;s referendum.
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Outspoken leftist Hugo Chavez claimed victory in his bid for a new term as Venezuela's president Sunday after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.
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WASHINGTON, Aug 23  - US officials on Monday accepted results of a referendum that failed to recall Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and called on the government and opposition to reconcile their differences.
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The Venezuelan  government believes it has found an answer to what President  Hugo Chavez calls the "dictatorship of Hollywood."
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 16 -- President Hugo Chavez was declared the winner of a national recall referendum by a substantial margin on Monday, and said he had won a fresh mandate for the highly centralized, populist style of government that has stirred fierce opposition at home and irritated the Bush administration.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez headed to a clear re-election victory over his united opposition rival on Sunday, a government-paid exit poll showed but the opposition rejected such data.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelans overwhelmingly voted to keep President Hugo Chavez in office, dealing a crushing defeat to a splintered opposition and allowing the leftist leader to convert one of the biggest challenges of his presidency into an even broader mandate to carry on his "revolution for the poor."   Stunned opposition leaders, who have fought for years to oust Chavez, claimed fraud after results announced Monday by election officials showed nearly 60 percent of voters had said "no" to the question of whether he should leave office immediately.    Scattered protests erupted in Caracas, despite an endorsement of the outcome by former President Carter and the Organization of American States...
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's left-wing  President Hugo Chavez easily won a referendum on his rule and  on Monday offered to open a dialogue with opponents while also  vowing to intensify the reforms at the heart of the nation's  political conflict.
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The Carter Center and the Organization of American States said an audit of returns from Sunday&#39;s recall vote won by President Hugo Chavez found no evidence of irregularities.
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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.
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An audit of last week&#39;s recall vote in Venezuela has found no evidence of fraud in the process that endorsed President Hugo Chavez as leader.
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An audit by international observers supported official election results that gave President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela victory in a referendum to recall him, the secretary general of the Organisation of American States said.
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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 has survived a referendum to recall him, according to results released by electoral authorities on Monday with 94 percent of the vote counted.
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Venezuela's electoral officials say an audit of the vote on President Hugo Chavez's rule shows it was fair.
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The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month's recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday.