A mandate for Chavez
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VOTERS HAVE to abide by a basic principle of democracy: Citizens must respect a fair election, even when their candidate or cause loses.
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Venezuela's parliament is set to discuss for a second time President Chavez's  call for constitutional changes.
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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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President Hugo Chavez calls it one of his greatest achievements: a public health system with new clinics, refurbished hospitals and thousands of Cuban doctors providing free checkups for the poor.
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CARACAS, Venezuela Aug. 29, 2004 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that as part of his deepening &quot;revolution,&quot; he will enforce an agriculture law that allows the government to tax and expropriate idle lots.
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Venezuela is to take an audit of the vote which has kept President Chavez in office, after charges of fraud.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is ordering foreign oil companies to pay much higher taxes, in a move to tighten state control over his country&#39;s vast petroleum resources.
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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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President Hugo Chavez' deputy welcomes a call by the American administration for improved ties with Venezuela.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered the development of new anti-terror legislation, just days after one of the government&#39;s top prosecutors was killed by a car bomb.
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On arriving in Spain for a short 3-day visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has expressed hope that Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will embark on a new foreign policy towards Venezuela.
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Venezuela passes a strict media law condemned by the opposition and human rights groups.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez easily won a referendum on his rule and offered on  Monday to open a dialogue with his opponents, while vowing to  intensify the reforms at the heart of the nation's political  conflict.
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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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Venezuela's Congress on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill granting 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 offers neighbouring states the option to pay for oil with local produce.
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If President Hugo ChÃ¡vez rules like an autocrat, then he does so with the full permission of a substantial majority of the Venezuelan people, SundayÂs election showed.