Both Sides See Venezuelan Referendum Victory
616599
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.
96906
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez's overwhelming victory in a recall referendum has left the opposition reeling, with some calling for protests and others for calm and a recount.    Chavez won 58 percent of the historic vote Sunday, not only surviving the effort to oust him but converting one of the biggest challenges of his presidency into an even broader mandate to carry on his "revolution for the poor" in his second term which ends in January 2007...
754001
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said on Sunday the final resolution to the worst  diplomatic dispute between Venezuela and Colombia in years will  depend on the outcome of a meeting between the two countries'  presidents this week.
308222
Voters cast ballots for governors and mayors Sunday in elections expected to strengthen President Hugo Chavez&#39;s political power two months after he overwhelmingly won a referendum on his rule.
436103
CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 16 -- President Hugo Chavez was declared the winner of a national recall referendum by a substantial margin on Monday, and said he had won a fresh mandate for the highly centralized, populist style of government that has stirred fierce opposition at home and irritated the Bush administration.
364927
CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez exercises broad power over Venezuela. His allies sit on every seat in the National Assembly. His supporters stack the Supreme Court. And every futile opposition effort to oust him, from a coup to a national oil strike to a recall referendum two years ago,...
23329
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.    Activists on both sides set off fireworks and blared recordings of bugle music to wake voters hours before dawn, hoping for a flood of early votes in their favor...
435092
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."
742391
Hugo Chavez is due to be declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential poll in a ceremony.
289551
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...
278633
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez survived a popular referendum to oust him, according to results Monday, while Venezuela's opposition swiftly claimed fraud.    Backers of the leftist populist president set off fireworks and began celebrating in the streets of the capital in the pre-dawn darkness upon hearing the news from Francisco Carrasquero, president of the National Elections Council...
462977
A completed count of ballots in Montenegro's referendum confirms a victory for pro-independence supporters.
597919
The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month&#39;s recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday.
17043
Hundreds of thousands turn out to back the main opposition candidate for the Venezuelan presidency.
736152
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- China on Tuesday expressed its respect for Venezuela&#39;s referendum result and said it was glad for the smooth operation of the referendum.
420484
Venezuela's president urges dialogue  after the first results of an audit appear to confirm his referendum victory.
753845
On Sunday, Venezuelans will decide whether to cut short the president's term, which is due to end in 2006.