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Venezuela holds state elections as Chavez battles cancer
Venezuelans vote Sunday in state elections overshadowed by President Hugo Chavez’s latest and seemingly toughest battle against cancer. The balloting for governors of the 23 states in the country with the world’s largest proven oil reserves will be a test for Henrique Capriles, the opposition leader Chavez beat in presidential…
Chavez backs Assad again, blames U.S. for war
CARACAS — President Hugo Chavez vowed Tuesday to keep supporting Bashar al-Assad, calling him Syria’s legitimate president and blaming the United States for the war that has raged on for nearly 19 months. “How can I not support the government of Bashar al-Assad if it is the legitimate government of…
Chavez won’t slow down despite opposition surge
CARACAS — President Hugo Chavez is unlikely to tone down his polarizing style or abandon his socialist revolution despite an electoral fright due to the stronger, more united Venezuelan opposition. The charismatic leftist leader extended a hand to the opposition after defeating Henrique Capriles in Sunday’s election, but pledged moments…
Chavez eyes political fallout from deadly refinery fire
PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela — Venezuela declared an end to its deadliest refinery disaster Tuesday, three days after an explosion and fire killed more than 40 people and unleashed an outpouring of criticism of President Hugo Chavez. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said firefighters had finally put out the fire at the…
Chavez dodges blame as Venezuela refinery fire continues
Venezuelan firefighters battled Monday to extinguish a devastating fire at the country’s main oil refinery as President Hugo Chavez slammed reports that poor maintenance was to blame. The Venezuelan leader promised an investigation into Saturday’s tragedy that left 41 people dead – a gas leak is the suspected cause –…
Venezuela candidate slams Chavez over Nazi accusations
CARACAS — Venezuela’s leading opposition candidate — whose grandmother is a Holocaust survivor — on Tuesday slammed President Hugo Chavez’s accusations that he is tied to Nazi groups. It was the latest in a series of intensely personal exchanges in the brutally negative campaign, in which the youthful Henrique Capriles…
Chavez reveals Venezuela has built first drone
CARACAS — President Hugo Chavez has revealed that Venezuela has made its first drone in partnership with Iran, Russia and China, and said Caracas plans to start exporting it soon. “It is one of the three planes that we have manufactured here, and we are continuing to make them… not…
Bolivia’s president talks of nationalizing all natural resources
TIQUIPAYA, Bolivia — Bolivia’s leftist President Evo Morales, who has nationalized some utility companies, raised the possibility Sunday of making all natural resource-related industries property of the state. “Another policy ought to be how we recover, or nationalize, all natural resources, so they are in the people’s hands under state…
Hugo Chavez reelection bid in doubt
President Hugo Chavez’s repeated trips to Cuba for cancer treatment and the government’s silence about his health are fueling rumors that he will name a successor to run in October presidential elections. So far, the government has fiercely maintained that there is no alternative to Chavez, who still leads in the polls. But several names…
Venezuela rejects World Bank arbitration in dispute with ExxonMobil
CARACAS — Venezuela will not recognize any decisions by the World Bank’s arbitration forum, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday, digging his heels in over a multibillion-dollar dispute with ExxonMobil. “We have to get out of the ICSID,” Chavez said, referring to the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes. “We…
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