Venezuela Eyes Land for Agrarian Reforms
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Government officials escorted by troops and police descended on a privately owned cattle ranch Saturday to determine whether some lands may be turned over to poor farmers as part of an agrarian reform.
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President Hugo ChÃ¡vezâs economic policies have been generating a boom for those most capitalist of institutions â Venezuelaâs banks.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Left-wing President Hugo Chavez was seeking a strong mandate for his self-styled revolution on Sunday as Venezuelans went to the polls to decide whether to re-elect the former soldier for six more years.
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Venezuela is to review all foreign investment in raw material production in an effort to boost its own industrial capacity.
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Rebels and paramilitary fighters who have laid down their arms in Colombia could soon be slaughtering hogs and cultivating blueberries if a proposal by members of Congress succeeds.
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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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By Patrick Markey HATO EL CHARCOTE, Venezuela  - Venezuelan troopsand police escorted local authorities to inspect a cattle ranchowned by Britain's Vestey Group on Saturday in the firstgovernment enforcement of a rural land redistribution law thatcritics say threatens private property.
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Initial results from Venezuela suggest President Chavez has a commanding lead in a referendum on his rule.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelans crowded polling  stations on Sunday to vote on whether to recall left-wing  President Hugo Chavez or back his mandate to govern the world's  No. 5 oil exporter for the next two years.
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Radical government opponents allegedly planning to assassinate President Hugo Chavez are seeking refuge in a poorly patrolled mountainous region in neighboring Colombia, Venezuela's interior minister said Tuesday.
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ISLA RATON, Venezuela  - Big cities may be swept up in the hubbub of Venezuela's presidential election, but the vote seems far less relevant if you live on an islet in the middle of the River Orinoco, hemmed in by Amazon jungle.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 22 -- Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez's blistering attack on President Bush at the United Nations this week marked a striking crescendo in a campaign to project Venezuela as a country with the global reach to counter American initiatives.
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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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The Venezuelan leader wants to export more oil to China
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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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People in Venezuela are set to take part in a presidential poll which incumbent Hugo Chavez is expected to win.
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With the backing of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela is setting up a state-owned telecoms firm to challenge dominant foreign owned operators.