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NEWS ABOUT: Hugo Chavez

Hugo Chavez stories: 6 news summaries

 Chavez Masses Troops 
 at Colombia Border 

Leader warns Venezuelans to 'prepare for war'

Nov 10, 09 2:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez has told the Venezuelan people to "prepare for war" and ordered 15,000 troops to the Colombian border. The leader told his soldiers to "defend this sacred nation called Venezuela," and accused Colombia of conspiring with the US to invade and grab the country's oil... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • Colombia • Hugo Chavez

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 Chavez Supporters 
 Can't Take Moore's Joke 

Filmmaker's Jimmy Kimmel interview irks Chavistas

Oct 26, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - So Michael Moore and Hugo Chavez walk into a hotel, split a bottle and a half of tequila, and ... what's the punchline? There isn't one for Chavistas torqued over the filmmaker's joke to Jimmy Kimmel that the two partied down at the Venice Film Festival, and Moore's claim that he... More »

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Venezuela • joke • Jimmy Kimmel • Michael Moore • tequila • Hugo Chavez

 Gadhafi, Chavez Buddy Up 

Iconic leaders want a 'NATO for the South'

Sep 28, 09 9:54 AM CDT
(AP) - Moammar Gadhafi and Hugo Chavez are strengthening their relationship and finding common ground as two radical former military men who both want to challenge the "imperialism" of wealthy nations and aspire to speak for many poor nations. The Libyan leader plans to meet with the Venezuelan president today and... More »

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Venezuela • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • Hugo Chavez

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 Chavez Dreamed 
 of Playing in 
 Yankee Stadium 

Venezuelan talks of favorite American things, rips 'assassin' Bush

Sep 25, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez is fond of Americans and their culture even if their last president did try to have him killed, he told Larry King yesterday. The usually pugnacious Venezuelan president said he used to dream of playing baseball in Yankee Stadium and is a big fan of Walt Whitman and... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • assassination • George W. Bush • coup d'etat • Hugo Chavez

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez paid President Obama a high compliment at the UN today, asserting that he doesn't have the same satanic odor as George Bush. "I don't smell sulfur anymore," the Venezuelan leader told the General Assembly. "It's gone. Now it's the smell of something else—it's the... More »

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United Nations • Venezuela • Oliver Stone • UN General Assembly • George W. Bush • President Obama • Hugo Chavez

 Russia Lends Chavez 
 $2B in Arms Deal 

Chavez to beef up weapons to rebuff expected attack by 'the empire'

Sep 14, 09 2:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has agreed to lend Venezuela more than $2 billion to buy Russian-made weaponry to ward off what the South American country sees as an imminent US-Colombian attack, reports the BBC. "With these rockets, it is going to be very difficult for them to come and bomb us,"... More »

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Russia • Hugo Chavez

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