Distrust of Venezuela military growing
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The young soldier staggered back to his post and fell to his knees, crying hysterically as a comrade took his gun. The bodies of eight unarmed people &#151; including two children &#151; were later found burned, gagged and shot at a ranch down the road.
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But critics say Venezuela's president is trying to distract from economic problems at home.
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Of all the groups getting U.S. support in Venezuela, none has faced more scrutiny than Sumate, whose leaders have been called conspirators and "mercenaries" even though they insist they are simply promoting democracy.
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There have been many lowlights in the three-year chill between the Bush administration and Spain's Socialist government, foremost among them Madrid's decision to pull its troops out of Iraq, and sell high-tech military planes to Hugo Chavez's Venezuela.
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President HugoChavez criticized the United States on Sunday for backingColombia in a dispute over the abduction of a top Colombianrebel and said Washington was trying to divide Latin America.
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A U.S. company&#039;s video game simulating an invasion of Venezuela is supposed to hit the shelves next year, but it&#039;s already raising the ire of lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - 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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The State Department expressed concern Monday about reports that Venezuela is harboring leftist rebels from Colombia, and it urged the Caracas government to take action against any who are linked to U.S.-designated terrorist groups.
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Even while the public's ambivalence about the war has steadily grown, the will to help troops has steadily risen.
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Marines face threats from fake surrenders even as they shift to rebuilding and handing out aid to civilians.
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Nikolas Kozloff apparently believes that Americans have much to fear from Venezuela.
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Thousands of Venezuelans protest over Colombia's capture of a rebel leader in Caracas last month.
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A discussion of Venezuela&#39;s political crisis should not begin or end with a cautionary parable about Herbert Mathews, but his image is hard to shake.
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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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A referendum is under way in Venezuela to decide if President Hugo Chavez should remain in office.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Amid tumbledown cinder-block homes, the Don Bosco community center rings with music. A chorus of pint-size students sings traditional Christmas songs; 20 budding teenage musicians take gratingly painful stabs at playing violins and cellos; and tiny harpists dwarfed by their...
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Venezuela is buying helicopters, boats and military transport planes in defense deals worth about &#36;2.7 billion, modernizing its military as tensions grow between leftist President Hugo Chavez and the United States.