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Protests and clashes as Bahrain prepares for Grand Prix
Chanting protesters reportedly clashed with police Friday in Bahrain even as race cars began looping the tracks before the Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday. Reuters reported that dozens of young men skirmished with police firing tear gas as an...
Tags: Civil Rights, Politics, Activism, Religion and Belief, Bahrain
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Venezuela's Maduro is sworn in as president
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Nicolas Maduro, the handpicked successor of the late President Hugo Chavez, was sworn in to Venezuela's highest office Friday, despite refusal by a newly empowered opposition to accept defeat in a hotly contested election....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Nicolas Maduro, Culture, Hugo Chavez
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The epic life of Símon Bolívar
Deep into Marie Arana's wonderful new biography of Simón Bolívar, "the George Washington of South America," there's a deliciously unexpected pause in the action. It's 1816, and Bolívar has set sail from Haiti. He's on his way back to Venezuela, with...
Tags: Haiti, Mountains, Rome (Italy), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Caracas (Venezuela)
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Venezuela panel agrees to review disputed election returns
CARACAS, Venezuela -- As Venezuela prepared Friday to swear in a new president, the pro-government election tribunal surprised observers and agreed to opposition demands to review the controversial vote that gave Hugo Chavez heir Nicolas Maduro a narrow...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Caracas (Venezuela), Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez
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Venezuelan judge rejects call for recount
CARACAS, Venezuela — Even before any legal motion was filed, the pro-government head of Venezuela's Supreme Court on Wednesday slapped down demands for a recount of the hotly contested presidential election that gave a narrow victory to Hugo Chavez'...
Tags: Politics, Robert J. Lopez, Caracas (Venezuela), Nicolas Maduro, Chile
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7 killed in Venezuela postelection violence
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's attorney general said Tuesday that seven people had been killed and 61 injured in post-presidential election clashes between police, supporters of newly elected President Nicolas Maduro and challenger Henrique...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Culture, Caracas (Venezuela), Nicolas Maduro
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Nicolas Maduro wins Venezuelan presidency, electoral council says
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan interim President Nicolas Maduro won a narrow victory over Miranda state Gov. Henrique Capriles on Sunday to succeed late President Hugo Chavez, according to the National Electoral Council. Maduro, Chavez’s...
Tags: Politics, Caracas (Venezuela), Hugo Chavez, Voting, Elections
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Nicolas Maduro wins Venezuela presidency, council says
CARACAS, Venezuela — Nicolas Maduro, who served as Venezuela's interim president in the weeks after the death of his mentor, President Hugo Chavez, won a narrow victory over Miranda state Gov. Henrique Capriles to become the country's elected...
Tags: Politics, Caracas (Venezuela), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Hugo Chavez, Voting
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Tight election in Venezuela complicates Nicolas Maduro's plans
CARACAS, Venezuela — Nicolas Maduro's narrow victory in an election to serve out the late Hugo Chavez's presidential term in Venezuela will complicate tackling major issues on his agenda: fixing a crumbling economy, addressing violent crime and...
Tags: Politics, Caracas (Venezuela), Revolutions, Hugo Chavez, Voting
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Voting light, orderly in early hours of Venezuelan election
CARACAS, Venezuela — Voting appeared relatively light and lines moved smoothly in the early hours of Venezuela’s presidential election, marking a contrast from the hours-long wait for voting in Hugo Chavez’s last election in October,...
Tags: Politics, Caracas (Venezuela), Hugo Chavez, Voting, Polls
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Venezuela's opposition candidate goes on the offensive
CARACAS, Venezuela — When state Gov. Henrique Capriles ran unsuccessfully for president in October against longtime incumbent Hugo Chavez, he largely ignored a series of smears alleging that he was a Nazi or sexual pervert, saying he wouldn't...
Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Politics, Caracas (Venezuela), Hugo Chavez, Elections
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Venezuela lawmakers trade blame for Congress brawl
CARACAS -- Political tensions that have boiled steadily in Venezuela since last month’s presidential election exploded on the floor of Congress, with lawmakers slugging it out in a brawl that left several injured. Pro- and anti-government...
Tags: Politics, Caracas (Venezuela), U.S. Congress, Hugo Chavez, Mexico City
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