US drugs official accuses Chavez
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A US anti-drugs official says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is a "major facilitator" in the cocaine trade.
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President Hugo Chavez on Friday accused Colombia and the United States of plotting a military "aggression" against Venezuela.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez escalated a spat between Caracas and Bogota on Wednesday by accusing Colombia and its U.S. allies of plotting to kill him as the nations sparred over his ties with leftist rebels.
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President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday said Venezuela will summon the U.S. ambassador to issue a diplomatic protest after the foreign minister was temporarily detained by authorities at a New York airport.
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South Africa&#39;s ruling party, the African National Congress, has accused the US government of treating Africans like &quot;guinea pigs&quot; by promoting the use of the anti-Aids drug nevirapine.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused opposition presidential candidates of taking orders and receiving secret funding from the U.S. government during campaigning ahead of this year's elections.
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A top U.S. official said Washington was willing to work with most of Latin America's leftist governments but criticized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's moves to nationalize industries as a return to the "failed policies of the past."
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WASHINGTON A US Food and Drug Administration official on Friday &quot;categorically&quot; rejected accusations that the agency had failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs, especially Merck&#39;s Vioxx painkiller.
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South African president Thabo Mbekiâs ruling party, the African National Congress, has published a stinging attack on top US health officials, accusing them of treating Africans like âguinea pigsâ and lying to promote a key Aids drug.
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President Hugo Chavez said his foreign minister was detained by U.S. authorities at a New York airport Saturday for more than hour as he tried to return to the South American country.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hardened his tone on Saturday in a diplomatic dispute with Colombia, which he accuses of plotting an invasion, and warned any attack would be met with force.
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The most powerful drug lord ever extradited by Colombia appeared before a US judge on Monday, and his lawyer said he would fight US charges that he ran his multibillion-dollar business from a Colombian jail cell.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo   Chavez staked a claim to be the world's leading anti-American   voice by branding President Bush as the devil in a speech to   the United Nations this week.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and two Latin American allies accused the United States on Tuesday of conspiring to undermine the region's leftist governments.
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Venezuela has called back its ambassador to Colombia, accusing the neighboring country Thursday of bribing Venezuelan authorities to participate in last month's capture of a Colombian rebel in Caracas.
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High-ranking Mexican and American  officials met for an hour and issued a joint statement on  Saturday as they sought to defuse a spat sparked by U.S.  criticism of the local war on drugs and a travel warning.
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The State Department expressed concern Monday about reports that Venezuela is harboring leftist rebels from Colombia, and it urged the Caracas government to take action against any who are linked to U.S.-designated terrorist groups.