Bush, Chavez duel on rival tours of Latin America
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President Bush and his left-wing nemesis Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez squared off on dueling tours of Latin America on Friday as they vied for the region's hearts and minds.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is heading to Vietnam as part of a world tour dominated by countries that have, or have had, antagonistic relations with the United States.
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GUATEMALA CITY, March 12 -- President Bush began touring rural villages and ancient Mayan villages here Monday as he brought his "social justice" tour of Latin America closer to home and tried to showcase ways that the United States works to uplift its neighbors.
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One of President George W. Bush's   fiercest political opponents at home took his side on Thursday,   calling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a "thug" for his   remark that Bush is like the devil.
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As U.S. President George W. Bush works his way through Latin America on a seven-day, five-nation tour, he is being met by all sorts of protests -- but perhaps none as striking as one set for Monday. A group of Mayan leaders has vowed to "spiritually cleanse" an ancient Mayan site after the president stops by.
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President Bush aims to dispel the perception of U.S. neglect of Latin America and burnish an American reputation damaged by the Iraq war, undertaking a second-term diplomatic offensive in the region akin to his recent courting of Europe.
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President George W. Bush accused his Democratic rival John Kerry of waffling on policy toward communist Cuba.
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President George W. Bush opens a diplomatic foray in Latin America on Friday facing a wall of public skepticism and a competing tour by his anti-U.S. nemesis Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez used a visit to Russia on Thursday to lambaste U.S. "imperialism" but his hosts kept him at arm's length to avoid spoiling Vladimir Putin's weekend trip to the United States.
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President Bush opens a week-long tour of Latin America on Thursday aimed at strengthening ties with a region tilting to the left and influenced by the populist appeal of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
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US President George W Bush pledges more social aid for Latin America, ahead of a tour of the region.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that he saw President Bush's upcoming tour to Latin America as a diplomatic offensive aimed at isolating his leftist government.
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Venezuela's firebrand leader said Friday that President Bush's Latin American tour was nothing more than an attempt to improve America's image, dismissing pledges of U.S. aid as a cynical attempt to "confuse" the region.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited a Harlem church Thursday and promised to double the amount of discounted heating oil his country ships to needy Americans. But he also took another swipe at President Bush.
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The Venezuelan president causes a stir with his U.N. attack on Bush - and that's just the way the leftist leader likes it
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's president calling his U.S. counterpart Satan in a U.N. speech seemed a devilish gambit in the nations' war of words -- but Hugo Chavez says he was shooting from the hip.
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President George W. Bush's made a quick visit to Colombia on Sunday to show support for his closest South American ally as it fights a decades-old insurgency and drugs war with the help of billions of dollars in U.S. aid.