Chavez sets May oil takeover date
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Venezuela's President Chavez says he wants the state to take over oil projects on the Orinoco Belt by May.
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Exxon Mobil has obtained a court order freezing up to $12 billion of Venezuela's state-owned oil company's worldwide assets after the government of President Hugo Chavez forced the company out of two joint ventures last year, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.
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BOGOTA/CARACAS  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said a mission to pick up three hostages being held in Colombia by Marxist rebels would begin on Friday.
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Venezuela on Thursday vowed to strip some of the world's biggest oil companies of their controlling stakes in the heavy crude projects of the Orinoco Belt "within months".
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Oil prices simmered near new record  highs Monday even though early reports of victory for  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a referendum on his rule  eased fears that unrest could upset the country's oil exports.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided Friday at a regional petroleum summit in Cuba, pressing his efforts to counter U.S. influence in Latin America and the Caribbean by suggesting more of his neighbors could pay for cheap oil with goods or services in lieu of cash.
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Heads of state are to meet in Cuba for talks on a Venezuelan initiative offering cheap oil to regional allies.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States in an "economic war" if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.
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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 President Hugo Chavez said Sunday he is waiting to hear from Colombia's largest rebel group about two rebel-held hostages that the guerrillas promised to release to the leftist leader last month.
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Colombian Marxist guerrillas have said they will turn over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez just weeks after Bogota ended the leftist leader's efforts to broker the release of rebel captives.
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Hugo Chavez is due to be declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential poll in a ceremony.
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President Hugo Chavez, seeking to reduce Venezuela's dependence on selling oil to the United States, said Friday his country will give China greater access to its oil and natural gas resources.
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A top U.S. diplomat warned Friday that Venezuela cannot afford to drive away the major oil companies affected by President Hugo Chavez's decision to takeover the nation's most promising oil-producing operations.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his nation's oil wealth Â not Fidel Castro Â will likely be the star attraction Friday as Caribbean leaders gather in Cuba for a regional oil summit.
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Oil cartel OPEC is set to keep output  quotas steady at a meeting in Caracas on Thursday, overruling a  proposal by host Venezuela -- the group&#039;s fiercest price hawk  -- to cut production.
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President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.