Venezuela's Chavez gets powers to rule by decree
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Venezuela's Congress on Wednesday granted 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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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday appointed new ministers of interior and justice and information, a cabinet reshuffle after his victory in a recall referendum.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that as part of his deepening "revolution," he will enforce an agriculture law that allows the government to tax and expropriate idle lots. "We are going after idle land and are going to put it to work," said Chavez during his weekly television and radio show.
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CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez of Venezuela has long pledged to buck Washington-backed economic policies in Latin America. Now, two months after winning reelection and consolidating his hold on the country with new powers to rule by decree, he is strengthening economic ties in the region in a bid to limit U.S. influence....
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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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CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez of Venezuela has long pledged to buck Washington-backed economic policies in Latin America. Now, two months after winning reelection and consolidating his hold on the country with new powers to rule by decree, he is strengthening economic ties in the region...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reshuffled key members of his government, naming as foreign minister the current head of Venezuela's state-owned oil company and handing the oil minister the helm of the company.
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BEIJING, Aug.18 (Xinhuanet) -- The international community has recognized and welcomed President Hugo Chavez&#39;s victory in the Venezuelan referendum.
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CARACAS -- President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez was granted free rein yesterday to accelerate changes in broad areas of society by presidential decree -- a move critics said propels Venezuela toward dictatorship.
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President Hugo Chavez was set to win powers on Tuesday to rule by decree for 18 months so that he can nationalize oil and utility assets and press his drive to turn Venezuela into a socialist state.
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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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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday set a May Day deadline for the world's biggest oil companies to surrender control of multibillion-dollar crude projects, speeding up nationalizations a day after he received powers to rule by decree.
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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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BEIJING The Venezuelan president, Hugo ChÃ¡vez, finished a four-day visit to China during the weekend in which he signed agreements that promise to open China&#39;s access to Venezuela&#39;s oil and natural gas fields.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - President Hugo Chavez commanded a wide lead before Venezuela's election on Sunday, setting the stage for the self-styled revolutionary to intensify his anti-U.S., leftist crusade in Latin America.
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Despite his nationalization moves, Venezuela's leader has a way to go. But a lot depends on how the U.S. treats him
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A law that gives the government control over the content of radio and television programs in Venezuela took effect Thursday.