Venezuela Prepares for Chavez Recall Vote
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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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President Hugo Chavez is set to assume unbridled powers to remake Venezuelan society as the National Assembly prepares to grant him authority to enact sweeping measures by presidential decree.
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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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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his opposition candidates voted for state governors and mayorson Sunday, with tens of thousands of police and soldiers deployed around the country to maintain order.
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Venezuelans voted for state governors and district mayors on Sunday in an election expected to consolidate President Hugo Chavez&#39;s control two months after he won a referendum on his rule.
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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is heading for re-election in Sunday's poll, preliminary results suggest.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's left-wing  President Hugo Chavez won a recall referendum on his divisive  rule in a vote backed on Monday by international observers who  found no "element of fraud."
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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.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez survived a referendum to oust him, according to results Monday, prompting his backers to set off fireworks and celebrate in the capital, while Venezuela's opposition swiftly claimed fraud.    The first-ever recall vote for a president in Venezuela's history was aimed at putting a lid on years of violent political unrest and a bloody coup, and it came after a lengthy and complicated petitioning process...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won backing from 58 percent of voters, with 94 percent of electoral rolls counted, in a referendum on whether to recall him.
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Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez is likely to win a referendum this year on scrapping term limits that would help clear a path for him to rule for decades, pollsters say.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - An audit done by  international observers has confirmed that President Hugo  Chavez beat a recall referendum and that the vote was fair, an  electoral council official said on Saturday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to decide whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office, waiting in mile-long lines as election officials promised to keep polls until everyone got to vote.    The sheer number of voters - believed to be a record in Venezuela - along with problems with electronic thumb-printing machines overwhelmed election authorities, who twice postponed the polls' closing to midnight, eight hours later than originally scheduled...
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ARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 18 - After demanding an audit of voting results upon failing to oust President Hugo Chávez in a recall referendum, representatives of Venezuela&#39;s opposition movement said Wednesday that they would refuse to ...
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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  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was heading to re-election on Sunday, according to an exit pollster linked to the government that said preliminary results indicated he had a wide lead.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's opposition on  Tuesday presented a video laying out details of its allegations  that leftist President Hugo Chavez won a recall referendum last  month by massive vote rigging.