Chavez urges opposition to recognize results of referendum
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CARACAS, August 22 (Itar-Tass) -- President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez has called on the opposition to recognize the results of a referendum on confidence in the president held on August 15.
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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez rounds on opponents for alleging fraud in a referendum he seems to have won.
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Venezuela's leading opposition candidate called Wednesday for President Hugo Chavez's government to play clean in Sunday's presidential election amid signs of a widening political divide in the country.
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Venezuela's leader Hugo Chavez rejects US and EU criticism as he prepares to revoke a  TV station's licence.
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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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BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- More leaders of various countries and international organizations lauded Venezuela&#39;s recall referendum on Tuesday, and some sent congratulations to President Hugo Chavez on his victory in the voting.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez has survived a referendum to recall him, according to  preliminary results released by the country's top electoral  officer on Monday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's opposition  leaders said on Wednesday they had given observers evidence of  electronic vote tampering that helped President Hugo Chavez win  Sunday's referendum, but they rejected an audit meant to clear  up their fraud charges.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - The opposition's long and bitter campaign to oust Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez finally came down to a recall referendum Sunday, with the leftist leader hoping a huge turnout among the poor will keep him in power.    Officials from around the world - including Pope John Paul II and U.S...
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan lawmakers backing  left-wing President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday they were  working with opponents to rewrite parts of a media law that has  come under fire from critics who fear it will muzzle dissent.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez survived a referendum to oust him, according to results Monday, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other election observers urged the opposition to accept the vote, deflating claims of fraud...
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President Hugo Chavez granted amnesty Monday to those accused of involvement in a failed 2002 coup that briefly drove him from power.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday called opposition news channel Globovision an enemy of the state and said, days after he closed another opposition broadcaster, that he would do what was needed to stop it from inciting violence.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Three Venezuelan government  ministers said on Monday that President Hugo Chavez had easily  survived a referendum on whether to recall him but the comments  conflicted with opposition hints that they had won.
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President Hugo Chavez vowed to plow forward with his so-called &quot;revolution for the poor&quot; Sunday despite refusals by Venezuela&#39;s opposition to recognize his victory in a recall referendum last week.
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Maintaining that a failed referendum to oust Venezuela's president was rigged against them, opposition leaders Wednesday refused to participate in a partial audit of the results as proposed by former President Jimmy Carter.
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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.