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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: Inflation and Deflation, Politics, Health and Safety at School, Venezuela, Woodrow Wilson
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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: Trade Dispute, Jimmy Carter, Poverty, Venezuela, Jose Serrano
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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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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: Islam, Politics, News Agency, Iran, National Government
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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: Media Industry, The Washington Post, Marissa Mayer, Social Media, Feminism
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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, National Government, Venezuela, Petroleum Industry, Elections
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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: ABC (tv network), World Water Day, PlayStation, UNICEF, George W. Bush
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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: Politics, Heads of State, National Government, Venezuela, Petroleum Industry
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World leaders react to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
News of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the leftist leader who had been battling cancer, reverberated Tuesday around Latin America and the world. In La Paz, Bolivia, a teary-eyed Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was devastated,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Francois Hollande, Dilma Rousseff, National Government
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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: U.S. Embassy, Politics, Venezuela, Chemotherapy, 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: Robert J. Lopez, Prosecution, Politics, Lawyers, Venezuela
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Fidel Castro, National Government, Venezuela
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