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Hugo Chávez stories: 145 news summaries

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Chavez Cronies Hit Vatican HQ 
With Tear Gas

Supporters also attack opponents of lifting term limits for leader

Jan 20, 09 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Supporters of Hugo Chavez have claimed responsibility for a tear gas attack on the Vatican's headquarters in Caracas, reports CNN. Three canisters landed deep inside the building, which has been sheltering an anti-Chavez student leader wanted by police since June. Several people were overcome by fumes. Gas attacks elsewhere in... More »

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Venezuela • Catholic Church • Caracas • Hugo Chávez • tear gas

Chavez Quietly Courts Western Oil Firms

Falling oil prices force Venezuelan prez to swallow his pride

Jan 15, 09 1:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The falling price of oil is forcing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to quietly make overtures to the Western oil companies he used to harass and shun, reports the New York Times. Chavez needs the foreign expertise and purchasing power to help boost Venezuela's declining production and income. The lure of... More »

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oil • Venezuela • Hugo Chávez • oil company nationalization • Petroleos de Venezuela SA • oil companies

 Venezuela Yanks Free Fuel for Poor Americans

Plunging price of oil forces Chavez to freeze fuel aid program

Jan 6, 09 3:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Venezuela has halted its gifts of free fuel to America's poor, the New York Times reports. The controversial foreign aid project supplied heating oil to 200,000 low-income households in 23 states and on Indian reservations, but the plunge in the price of oil has hit Venezuela hard and President... More »

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energy • Venezuela • oil price • Hugo Chávez • heating oil • Petroleos de Venezuela SA • fuel subsidy

 Stone Shooting Chavez Flick 

Director sticking with politics for follow-up to W

Dec 11, 08 5:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Controversial filmmaker Oliver Stone is following up his Bush biopic with a documentary on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the new wave of Latin American leftism, Variety reports. Stone, who joined Chavez earlier this year in an effort to broker a deal to free hostages held by Colombian rebels, has... More »

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Latin America • film • Venezuela • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • documentary • film director • Oliver Stone • Hugo Chávez

 Hello? Barack Here. No, Really 

Pol suspecting a prank hangs up on president-elect

Dec 4, 08 2:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Blame radio's drive-time zoo disc jockeys for a new skepticism among politicians. GOP Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen received a phone call from someone identifying himself as Barack Obama. She hung up on him, thinking it was a radio show prank—and even complimented him on his Obama impression. The only... More »

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Fidel Castro • Rahm Emanuel • Hugo Chávez • Sarah Palin • Howard Berman • President Obama • House Foreign Affairs committee.

 Chavez Seeks 
 Power Until 2021 

Launching new constitutional battle on term limits

Dec 1, 08 8:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is again maneuvering to stay in power for at least another decade, the BBC reports. Chavez plans to seek a constitutional change that will allow him to seek re-election indefinitely, he told a weekend rally. Chavez lost a referendum just a year ago on a series... More »

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Venezuela • constitution • Hugo Chávez • referendum • term limits • United Socialist Party

Analysis

 After 10 Years, Chavez Faltering 

But still blustering

Nov 28, 08 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - After 10 years in power, Hugo Chavez is as blustery as ever. He’s predicted the end of “the evil capitalist mode,” told the IMF to “commit suicide,” and this week invited Dmitry Medvedev and a flotilla of Russian warships down for joint exercises. But beneath... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • Hugo Chávez • oil prices

 Medvedev Gets 
 Cozy With Castro 

Moscow seeks to extend influence in Latin America

Nov 28, 08 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Russian president Dmitry Medvedev is in Cuba strengthening ties with the Castro regime and attempting to broaden Russia's influence in Latin America, the BBC reports. Medvedev arrived in Havana yesterday from Venezuela where he and Hugo Chavez signed deals promoting nuclear energy and developing closer military ties. Russia is expected... More »

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Russia • oil • Venezuela • Cuba • Brazil • Raul Castro • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev • nuclear energy

 Chávez Welcomes Russian Navy

Medvedev makes first visit to Caracas

Nov 25, 08 12:45 PM CST
(AP) - Russian warships arrived in Venezuela today, a show of strength aimed at the US as Moscow seeks to expand its influence in Latin America. Venezuelan sailors fired off cannons in a 21-gun salute as the destroyer Admiral Chabanenko docked in La Guaira, near Caracas. Russian sailors dressed in black-and-white uniforms... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Caracas • helicopter • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev • navy

Opposition Scores Key Gains in Venezuela Election

But president's backers retain majority of power

Nov 24, 08 8:55 AM CST
(Newser) - President Hugo Chávez’s supporters held onto a strong majority in yesterday’s local elections in Venezuela, but the opposition party won a number of key victories, the AP reports. Chávez backers won 17 of 22 gubernatorial seats, while the opposition took the mayor’s office in Caracas... More »

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Venezuela • Caracas • Hugo Chávez • election

 Latin American 
 Nations Reject DEA 

Bolivia, Ecuador latest to repudiate US anti-drug operations

Nov 10, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Some Latin American countries are pushing back against the US by cutting off DEA operations, the Christian Science Monitor reports. President Evo Morales, saying DEA agents "worked to conduct political espionage," gave them 3 months to leave Bolivia. Ecuador, meanwhile, has refused to renew the US lease on... More »

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Latin America • War on Drugs • Venezuela • DEA • Bolivia • Drug Enforcement Administration • Evo Morales • Ecuador • Hugo Chávez • George W. Bush

Miami Man Convicted in $800K Suitcase Scandal

Businessman was Chávez agent, jury says

Nov 4, 08 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The international political funding scandal known as Suitcasegate took a new, diplomatically fraught turn yesterday when a Miami court convicted a businessman of conspiracy and of acting as an "unregistered agent" of the Venezuelan government. The trial concerns a suitcase filled with $800,000 that was intercepted in Buenos... More »

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Venezuela • Miami • corruption • Argentina • Hugo Chávez • Cristina Kirchner • Buenos Aires • Suitcasegate

 Penn Hangs Again 
 With Pal Chavez 

Actor and anti-American leader tour natural gas pipeline

Oct 21, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn is again in Venezuela visiting President Hugo Chavez, the New York Post reports. The two met last year, and the actor calls Chavez—who tends to be critical of the US, to put it mildly—"a fascinating guy," while the prez and equally ardent Bush-hater has... More »

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Venezuela • Sean Penn • Hugo Chávez • natural gas • Iraq war

Chavez's Stature Shrinks as Price of Oil Plummets

Venezuela's largesse depends on high volume, expense

Oct 20, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez’s days as an international sugar daddy may be ending, at least for now. Chavez has made a habit of lavishing gifts on his political allies, but with crude around $70—less than half its peak price—he may not have the wealth to spread, the Christian ... More »

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Venezuela • Nicaragua • Ecuador • oil price • Hugo Chávez • international aid • oil prices

Chavez: 'Hola, Comrade Bush'

Irony of White House plans to buy stakes
in banks isn't lost on Venezuelan prez 

Oct 16, 08 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A smirking Hugo Chavez noted the US bank bailout yesterday and duly welcomed George W. Bush to the club of socialist leaders, reports Reuters. Hailing "Comrade Bush" was high praise from the man who has variously referred to his American counterpart as the devil and a drunk, but Chavez... More »

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socialism • nationalization • bank • buyout • Hugo Chávez • George W. Bush • financial crisis

 Mexican Boutique 
 Sells Bulletproof Duds 

Specialty boutique sells protective shirts, jackets to anxious customers

Oct 6, 08 3:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - As drug-related violence skyrockets in Mexico, anxious shoppers are buying bulletproof shirts and jackets for protection, the New York Times reports. A boutique in Mexico City sells only bulletproof garments, including leather jackets, polo shirts, windbreakers, and even tuxedo shirts. Who's willing to pay up to $7,000 for such... More »

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War on Drugs • Mexico • Mexican drug war • Hugo Chávez • bulletproof

Chavez Building Reactor
With Russian Support

Only for 'peaceful purposes,' Chavez insists

Sep 29, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his latest challenge to Washington, Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez has announced that his nation is developing a nuclear reactor—with Russian support, Reuters reports. "We are interested in development of nuclear energy, of course for peaceful purposes—for medical purposes, for  electricity," Chavez said yesterday at a... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • Brazil • OPEC • nuclear reactor • Argentina • Hugo Chávez • oil imports

 Resurgent Russia 
 Vows to Beef Up Military 

'Colossus' created with $1B Venezuela military loan, oil deal

Sep 27, 08 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia signed a $1 billion military loan deal with Venezuela yesterday while pledging to upgrade its own military, the New York Times reports. The country plans to ratchet its defense budget back up to Cold War levels next year and intends to have new warships built by 2020. President Dmitry... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • Russian military • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev

US Slaps Sanctions on Chavez Aides

3 charged with backing FARC drug runners, as tensions mount

Sep 13, 08 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Escalating the diplomatic crisis with Venezuela, the US has frozen the assets of three members of Hugo Chavez's inner circle it accuses of having links with drug-running Colombian rebels, the Wall Street Journal reports. The sanctions follow the expulsion by Venezuela and Bolivia of their US ambassadors—a move the... More »

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Venezuela • cocaine • Bolivia • diplomat • Evo Morales • FARC • Hugo Chávez • embassy staff • Colombian rebels

 Chavez Boots 
 US Envoy: 
 'Go to Hell, 
 Yankees!' 

Threatens to cut oil shipments

Sep 12, 08 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a dramatic move in support of Bolivia, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez yesterday slashed diplomatic ties with the US, booting the American ambassador and calling home his envoy from Washington, reports Reuters. The socialist leader has also threatened to stop all oil shipments to the US—Venezuela’s largest customer—... More »

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Russia • oil • Latin America • Venezuela • Bolivia • Caracas • Evo Morales • Hugo Chávez • embassy staff

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