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Venezuelan opposition leader faces fresh charges
CARACAS, Venezuela — Leading Venezuelan opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez appeared before prosecutors in Caracas on Thursday to answer charges of influence peddling while he was a state oil company employee in 1998, an accusation he described as...
Tags: Politics, Evo Morales, Elections, Venezuela, Justice System
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Sic semper tyrannis
Paul GreenbergWhat? Do even Latin American caudillos die? Apparently, according to the latest and last medical bulletin on the health (or lack thereof) of Hugo Chavez, perpetually re-electable president of Venezuela. No doubt many Venezuelans are grieving at the...Tags: Dante Alighieri, Politics, Jimmy Carter, Argentina, Elections
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Chavez's spirit will guide Venezuela - until leftist unity frays
Even in death, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez will be a powerful force guiding his countrymen to elect Vice President Nicolas Maduro to replace him. Some call the widely predicted victory of Chavez’s handpicked successor a “sympathy vote&...
Tags: Politics, Woodrow Wilson, Elections, Venezuela, Robin Hood
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Hugo Chavez: Admired and despised by readers
For just as many reasons readers found to sneer at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer, others found reasons to praise the late strongman. While several readers slammed Chavez for behaving like a dictator and...
Tags: Poverty, Jimmy Carter, China, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Venezuela
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Thousands of Venezuelans line street for Hugo Chavez procession
CARACAS, Venezuela-- In a massive outpouring of grief for Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, hundreds of thousands of his red-shirted, fervent and often tearful followers lined a route through the capital where his coffin was being carried on its way...
Tags: Venezuela, Caracas (Venezuela)
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Hugo Chavez death: South Florida reacts to Venezuelan leader's demise
Sun SentinelVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday, had a substantial impact on South Florida, driving thousands of his citizens here to escape his reign. Middle-class and affluent Venezuelans, fearing they would lose their wealth and freedom, fled to...Tags: Cuba, Colleges and Universities, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Florida International University, Business
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Iran declares national day of mourning for Hugo Chavez
TEHRAN -- The Iranian government declared Wednesday as a national day of mourning for the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, praising the leftist firebrand as a foe of imperialism. In a cable to the Venezuelan presidential office, President...
Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics, Iran, News Agency, National Government
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3/7/2013-Hugo Chavez
I can't say I followed Hugo Chavez that closely. What I knew of him was that he was a buffoon who delighted in using over-the-top-rhetoric blasting the United States. He had a weekly TV show on Venezuelan TV that lasted from four to eight hours while he...
Tags: Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, Joe Kennedy, Rush Limbaugh
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Sheryl Sandberg backlash: Actually, there's a lot to like about Facebook's feminist
It would be a shame if women beat up on female leaders such as Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg for taking a different path than the one laid out by “movement feminists.” Never mind that Mayer and Sandberg...
Tags: The New York Times, Marissa Mayer, The Washington Post, Social Media, Media Industry
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U.S. to send delegation to Chavez funeral
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Wednesday offered Venezuela a chance to rebuild its relationship with the United States after the death of President Hugo Chavez, who had long railed against the “Yankee empire.” Though the...Tags: Politics, Elections, National Government, Washington, DC, Venezuela
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Hugo Chavez: Words that grabbed headlines
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday at age 58, was a flamboyant figure on the world stage, often snagging headlines with his dramatic declarations in speeches and to the media. Here are some of the remarks that garnered international...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Haiti, George W. Bush, ABC (tv network), United Nations
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Chavez death leaves behind daunting challenges at home, abroad
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez loomed so large over his country and Latin America for the last two decades that his death on Tuesday following a long battle with cancer confronts the region with potentially destabilizing political swings and economic...
Tags: Cuba, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Fidel Castro, Political Corruption
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