Venezuela Eyes Land for Agrarian Reforms
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Government officials escorted by troops and police descended on a privately owned cattle ranch Saturday to determine whether some lands may be turned over to poor farmers as part of an agrarian reform.
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CIENFUEGOS, Cuba  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met on Friday with a dozen leaders of Caribbean and Central American nations he is supplying with cheap oil that has bolstered his regional influence.
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BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela -- When President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez brought the Copa America to Venezuela for the first time, his government sought to showcase the oldest international soccer tournament as a smoothly organized success.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Left-wing President Hugo Chavez was seeking a strong mandate for his self-styled revolution on Sunday as Venezuelans went to the polls to decide whether to re-elect the former soldier for six more years.
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Caracas, 30 Dec. Venpres (Veronica Sosa).- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez Araque has announced that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias will have an intense agenda in the area of foreign policy in ...
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President Hugo Chavez was set to win powers on Tuesday to rule by decree for 18 months so that he can nationalize oil and utility assets and press his drive to turn Venezuela into a socialist state.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez threatens to nationalise supermarkets that raise food prices.
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Venezuela is studying buying Russian submarines that would transform the South American country into the top naval force in the region, a military adviser to President Hugo Chavez said Thursday.
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"Fish lay eggs, don't they?" Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez asked Mary Quintero, a student at an agricultural collective who had just reached the half-way point of her course on fish-processing.
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Venezuela's parliament is to finalise a law granting President Chavez sweeping powers to rule by decree.
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President Hugo Chavez's ambitious project to bring "21st Century socialism" to Venezuela is running into obstacles -- easy cash, corruption and an expanding class of citizens who are growing rich by exploiting economic distortions.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided Friday at a regional petroleum summit in Cuba, pressing his efforts to counter U.S. influence in Latin America and the Caribbean by suggesting more of his neighbors could pay for cheap oil with goods or services in lieu of cash.
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Plans to form a single political party in Venezuela have taken a step forward with the first activists' meetings.
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President Hugo Chavez threatened on Saturday to take control of banks that fail to meet state-imposed loaning requirements designed to benefit Venezuela's farmers.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 2 -- Venezuela's business establishment often warns that if President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez wins reelection Sunday, it won't take long before the populist firebrand transforms Venezuela into a communist state, dooming its oil-rich economy. Alejandro UscÃÂ¡tegui, an industrialist here, couldn't disagree more....
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CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez of Venezuela has long pledged to buck Washington-backed economic policies in Latin America. Now, two months after winning reelection and consolidating his hold on the country with new powers to rule by decree, he is strengthening economic ties in the region in a bid to limit U.S. influence....
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President Hugo ChÃ¡vezâs economic policies have been generating a boom for those most capitalist of institutions â Venezuelaâs banks.