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  • November 2007

    • Classical's Rock Star Hits Road

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 4, 07 3:25 PM CST

      Classical's Rock Star Hits Road

      Conducting whiz kid Gustavo Dudamel, only 26, kicked off a US tour this week with an orchestra roughly half his age. They wowed the Los Angeles Times and sparked a ripple of critical excitement from San Francisco to Boston, their next stops. Why the thrill? Because art music's new looker can play the heck out of Mahler—and rouse concertgoers to leap from their seats.  More »

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      San Francisco  • Venezuela  • Boston  • Gustavo Dudamel

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Chavez Slams Quinceañera Implants

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 26, 07 1:07 PM CDT

      Chavez Slams Quincea&ntilde;era Implants

      Hugo Chavez has aimed his anti-consumerist wrath at one of Venezuela’s bustiest trends. In a record eight-hour TV address Sunday, the barn-storming president assaulted his countrymen for giving breast implants as presents to girls celebrating their quinceañeras , the traditional 15th-birthday coming-of-age party.   More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • advertisements  • breast implants  • Barbie  • consumerism  • Bolivarism

    • Latin Neighbors Mistrust Chavez

      newser  |  Weekly Standard  |  Sep 19, 07 2:06 PM CDT

      Latin Neighbors Mistrust Chavez

      Hugo Chavez's regional popularity is largely hot air, a Pew survey shows, concluding that the Venezuelan president is “widely mistrusted.” In large numbers, Latin Americans also agree that “most people are better off in a free market economy”—including 72% of Chavez’s countrymen, Weekly Standard ’s Duncan Currie notes. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • Brazil  • Latin America  • Chile  • Ecuador  • Bolivia

    • Foes Hungry for US Grains

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 13, 07 7:41 PM CDT

      Foes Hungry for US Grains

      Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has called President Bush Satan, and Iran is that nuclear thorn in Washington's side, but neither country hesitates to import tons of grains straight from America's bread basket—especially during shortages the past few months. "They want to feed their people. They don't want to screw with that," one analyst tells Reuters. More »

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      Iran  • Venezuela  • agriculture  • corn  • wheat  • international relations  • grains

  • August 2007

    • Castro Surfaces—Or Does He?

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 27, 07 11:06 AM CDT

      Castro Surfaces&mdash;Or Does He?

      A newspaper article purportedly written by Fidel Castro and published yesterday did little to quash rumors that the Cuban dictator's health is failing and even that he's dead. Castro hasn't been seen in public in over a year, and his brother Raul is in effective control of the government, but Cuban officials insist he's doing well, Reuters reports. More »

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      Venezuela  • Cuba  • Hugo Chavez  • Fidel Castro  • Miami  • Raul Castro

    • Chavez Hands Nation New Time Zone

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 24, 07 4:45 AM CDT

      Chavez Hands Nation New Time Zone

      Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez plans to bump clocks in his nation back half an hour next month to add daylight to citizens' lives and create "a more fair distribution of the sunrise," Reuters reports. The change will particularly help poor children who wake up before dawn to go to school, explained Chavez' science and technology minister. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • sunlight  • time zones  • Greenwich Mean Time

    • Beyond Chavez: The Other Latin America Is Booming

      newser  |  Economist  |  Aug 18, 07 7:02 AM CDT

      Beyond Chavez: The Other Latin America Is Booming

      Despite the rhetorical drumbeat from Hugo Chavez, not all of Latin America is mired in poverty exacerbated by free-market extremes exported from the US, the Economist writes. Led by giants Brazil and Mexico, much of the region is actually better off now than at any time in 30 years; the area is enjoying its fourth straight year of growth, averaging 5%. More »

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      Mexico  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • Brazil  • poverty  • Latin America  • economics  • economic growth

    • Chavez Proposal Clears Way for Lifelong Presidency

      newser  |  BBC  |  Aug 16, 07 3:06 AM CDT

      Chavez Proposal Clears Way for Lifelong Presidency

      Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has made a power grab toward a president-for-life position, packaging a proposal granting him unlimited terms with a measure to cap the workday at six hours. The constitutional amendment would extend terms from six to seven years and remove the two-term limit that would otherwise force Chavez to step down in 2012. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • constitution  • presidency  • South America

    • Chavez Lavishes Oil Wealth on Neighbors

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 9, 07 8:53 AM CDT

      Chavez Lavishes Oil Wealth on Neighbors

      Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is spreading hundreds of millions of oil dollars around South America in an effort to limit the influence of the International Monetary Fund and forge a strong alliance. Chavez began a four-nation tour in Argentina referring to the IMF as "Dracula" and called for a united front against the US. More »

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      oil  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • energy  • Argentina  • Ecuador  • International Monetary Fund  • South America  • Uruguay

    • Snubbing the West, Bolivia Waxes Red

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 3, 07 10:18 AM CDT

      Snubbing the West, Bolivia Waxes Red

      Bolivia’s populist president is traveling his country handing out aid—straight from his anti-American neighbor Hugo Chávez. The Washington Post reports that Evo Morales has been taking more than a cue from Chávez, using the Venezuelan leader's cash to fund social welfare programs and build clinics and schools, while balking at the investment in private enterprise favored by the West. More »

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      inflation  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • World Bank  • IMF  • South America  • Bolivia  • nationalization

  • July 2007

    • Chavez Says He Will Expel Foreign Critics of Regime

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 24, 07 7:30 AM CDT

      Chavez Says He Will Expel Foreign Critics of Regime

      Hugo Chavez says he will expel any foreigner criticizing his regime from Venezuela, an apparent reaction to skeptical remarks by a Mexican politician who recently visited Caracas. The warning came in a 6-hour television address that suggests a drift away from democracy, the Guardian reports; a draft constitution due next month does away with presidential term limits. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • constitution  • dictatorship

    • Brazil to Face Argentina in Copa Final

      newser  |  goal.com  |  Jul 12, 07 4:22 AM CDT

      Brazil to Face Argentina in Copa Final

      Brazil out-shot Uruguay 5-4 in penalty kicks this Tuesday, earning itself a fifth Copa America final in six attempts. Argentina shut out Mexico 3-0 last night for the other spot in this year's championship Sunday in Venezuela. The match will be a recapitulation of 2004's final, in which Brazil downed Argentina in a shootout. More »

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      Venezuela  • Brazil  • Chile  • Argentina  • Uruguay  • Copa America

    • Team Chávez Waves Imperios Adios

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 6, 07 4:36 AM CDT

      Team Ch&aacute;vez Waves Imperios Adios

      After vanquishing Mexico in the CONCACAF tournament for North and Central America, a depleted American team went quietly in the first round of the Copa America, hosted by Hugo Chávez's Venezuela. The home team, by contrast, achieved its first victory in the tournament in 40 years, and will move on to the semifinals. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • soccer  • Team USA (soccer)

  • June 2007

    • Exxon, Conoco Pull Out of Venezuela

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 26, 07 8:04 AM CDT

      Exxon, Conoco Pull Out of Venezuela

      ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are bolting from lucrative operations in Venezuela in the wake of Hugo Chavez's demand that his state-run oil company receive at least a 60% share in projects. Talks over compensation fell apart hours before today's deadline to determine the future of four projects that produce as much as a quarter of the country's daily output. More »

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      oil  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • gas  • ExxonMobil  • ConocoPhillips  • nationalization

    • Chavez Warns of US Attack

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 26, 07 4:48 AM CDT

      Chavez Warns of US Attack

      Truculent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered troops to be prepared for a US invasion, the Guardian reports. America is intent on toppling his government in any way it can, Chavez warned in a speech to soldiers. "It's not just armed warfare; I'm also referring to psychological warfare, political warfare, economic warfare," he said. More »

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      United States  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • war  • Copa America

    • Venezuelan TV Station Skirts Ban, Airs on YouTube

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jun 1, 07 11:55 AM CDT

      Venezuelan TV Station Skirts Ban, Airs on YouTube

      An anti-establishment TV station taken off the air by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has found a new way to reach viewers: YouTube. A reduced staff produces and uploads three hour-long newscasts a day for Radio Caracas Television, which stopped broadcasting Sunday. The shutdown of RCTV, which was replaced with a state-run station, sparked protests in the streets of Caracas. More »

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      YouTube  • media  • Colombia  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • censorship

  • May 2007

    • Venezuela to Leave IMF, World Bank

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 1, 07 8:32 AM CDT

      Venezuela to Leave IMF, World Bank

      Hugo Chávez said yesterday he will pull Venezuela out of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, institutions the leftist leader blames for contributing to poverty in Latin America. Venezuela will also take control of foreign oil projects previously run by multinational companies, some U.S.-based, in a bid to use control over oil to influence world politics. More »

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      China  • oil  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • World Bank  • poverty  • Latin America  • International Monetary Fund  • IMF

  • April 2007

    • Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 4, 07 9:48 AM CDT

      Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week

      No Easter imbibing, decrees Venezuelan president and socialist icon Hugo Chavez. Chavez has instituted a Holy Week liquor ban in restaurants to combat the hundreds of drunk driving deaths that occur during holidays in Venezuala. While some citizens applaud his boldness, others say they cannot follow their fearless leader quite this far. More »

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      alcohol  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • drunk driving  • Easter  • socialism  • Holy Week  • prohibition

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