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Letters: The other side of the drone debate
Re "Drone debate opens a GOP divide," March 8 Here's a simple way to look at U.S. drone policy and its immorality, illegality and hypocrisy: Luis Posada Carriles — a Cuban-born Venezuelan who has been convicted of terrorist acts in Panama and...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Barack Obama, Military Equipment, Air Transportation Industry, Cuba
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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in his heyday: A look at 'el comandante'
At midnight, Hugo Chavez and his entourage swept into the hotel lobby, transforming the drab venue in chilly, high-altitude La Paz into a sizzling vortex of tropical verve and chavista vigor. “Musicos!” the Venezuelan president declared upon...
Tags: Hugo Chavez, George W. Bush, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Human Interest, Brazil
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World reacts to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
FrameworkVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the charismatic socialist whose Bolivarian Revolution reduced poverty and galvanized anti-American sentiment across Latin America but left his nation deeply polarized and ever more dependent on oil dollar... -
Letters: Hugo Chavez's gift
Re "Hugo Chavez's legacy," Editorial, March 7 The Times leaves out one of Hugo Chavez's greatest achievements. When the late Venezuelan president took office 14 years ago, he enthusiastically continued his country's costly El Sistema, which provides...Tags: Culture, Hugo Chavez, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music
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Suicide bomber strikes as Hagel visits Kabul; 9 civilians dead
KABUL, Afghanistan --A loud explosion struck outside Afghanistan's Defense Ministry in Kabul on Saturday, reportedly killing at least nine civilians in an attack less than a mile from where U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was staying in the capital....
Tags: Suicide, Afghanistan, Emergency Incidents, Kabul (Afghanistan), Bombings
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Gas likely to stay at pennies per gallon in post-Chavez Venezuela
Although Hugo Chavez has died, Venezuelans are likely to still enjoy gasoline for pennies per gallon – if not for even less. The people of Venezuela have long been used to low-priced gas that is heavily subsidized by the state, viewing it as a...
Tags: Hugo Chavez, Rick Perry, Politics, Elections
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Mexico: 10 slain in melon patch; online journalist gunned down
MEXICO CITY – Ten agricultural workers were slain in a melon patch in the state of Guerrero on Sunday, officials and media reported, one of a string of violent incidents in Mexico in recent days presumably committed by organized crime groups....
Tags: Mexico, Newspaper and Magazine, Wildlife, Organized Crime, Endangered Species
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Venezuela orders U.S. Embassy attache to leave country
CARACAS, Venezuela -- In a move that heightened tensions surrounding the health of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez, his vice president on Tuesday expelled the U.S. Embassy's military attache, accusing him of "proposing destabilizing plans" to...
Tags: Caracas (Venezuela), U.S. Embassy, Government, Chemotherapy, Health Treatments
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Sean Penn in Venezuela to mourn 'friend' Hugo Chavez
The mourners lamenting the death of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez included the presidents of Iran and Cuba, a Spanish prince and a man that Chavez himself once floated as a possible American ambassador to Venezuela: Hollywood actor Sean Penn. Penn...
Tags: Human Rights, Hugo Chavez, The Huffington Post, Politics, Haiti Earthquake (2010)
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Hugo Chavez's return ends 10-week absence from Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Ending a 10-week absence from Venezuela for cancer treatment, President Hugo Chavez finally returned from Cuba early Monday morning as the government planned welcoming celebrations in several cities. Official word of his return...
Tags: Caracas (Venezuela), Government, Raul Castro, Fidel Castro, Health Treatments
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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: Caracas (Venezuela), Justice System, Robert J. Lopez, Benedict XVI, Prosecution
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The Week in Pictures | February 18 – 24
FrameworkEach week we bring you the very best in visual journalism. Lakers greats past and present showed up to remember the team's owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, who died Monday from liver failure. Former coach Phil Jackson fought back tears, Shaquille O'Neal recalls...
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