Venezuela's Chavez Claims Victory; Foes Cry Fraud
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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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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 &#151; Supporters of President Hugo Chavez marched through Caracas on Sunday, demanding respect for Venezuela's sovereignty following U.S. criticism and Colombia's acknowledgment that it paid a bounty to capture a rebel on Venezuelan soil.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's left-wing  President Hugo Chavez easily survived a referendum on whether  he should step down, and international observers on Monday  dismissed furious opposition charges of fraud.
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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  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stormed to a re-election victory in Sunday's vote, handing him an ample mandate to broaden his promised socialist revolution and challenge Washington's influence in Latin America.
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The victory for his leftist coalition brought two-party rule in Uruguay to an end for the first time in 170 years. Venezuela&#39;s left-wing President Hugo Chavez said Mr Vazquez&#39;s election heralded a step towards the shaping of a new South America.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez on Sunday promised hundreds of thousands of supporters he would win a resounding victory in his December 3 reelection bid he describes as a challenge to Washington.
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CARACAS : An audit of last Sunday&#39;s recall vote in Venezuela, which favored keeping President Hugo Chavez in office, found no evidence of fraud, as the opposition had charged, electoral officials said.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - With a cry of "long live the revolution," anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won re-election in a landslide after his challenger conceded on Sunday.
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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, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday.
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Yanukovich won the November 21 presidential election by fraud, as alleged by his opponent Viktor Yushchenko. Thousands of Yushchenko supporters massed outside the court in the morning, chanting &quot;Truth&quot; and &quot;Yushchenko.
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Hugo Ch&#225;vez's victory caps off the region's year of elections, but in many ways, Venezuela stands alone.
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Supporters of President Hugo Chavez marched through Caracas on Sunday, demanding respect for Venezuela's sovereignty following U.S. criticism and Colombia's acknowledgment that it paid a bounty to capture a rebel on Venezuelan soil.
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Supporters and rivals warn of possible fraud; government says Chavez's defeat could produce turmoil in world oil market.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - President Hugo Chavez painted Venezuela the "red, really, red" of his anti-U.S. socialist revolution, sweeping to re-election in Sunday's vote with wins in every state in the OPEC heavyweight.
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International observers in Venezuela say an audit of the referendum results which confirmed President Hugo Chavez&#39;s mandate in office has revealed no evidence of fraud.