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  • August 2007

    • Chavez Lavishes Oil Wealth on Neighbors

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

      Chavez Lavishes Oil Wealth on Neighbors

      (Newser) - 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  • International Monetary Fund  • Ecuador  • South America  • Uruguay

    • Snubbing the West, Bolivia Waxes Red

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

      Snubbing the West, Bolivia Waxes Red

      (Newser) - 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  • Evo Morales

  • July 2007

    • Chavez Says He Will Expel Foreign Critics of Regime

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

      Chavez Says He Will Expel Foreign Critics of Regime

      (Newser) - 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

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

      Brazil to Face Argentina in Copa Final

      (Newser) - 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

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

      Team Ch&aacute;vez Waves Imperios Adios

      (Newser) - 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

      Reuters  |  Jun 26, 07 8:04 AM CDT

      Exxon, Conoco Pull Out of Venezuela

      (Newser) - 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

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

      Chavez Warns of US Attack

      (Newser) - 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

      CNN  |  Jun 1, 07 11:55 AM CDT

      Venezuelan TV Station Skirts Ban, Airs on YouTube

      (Newser) - 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

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

      Venezuela to Leave IMF, World Bank

      (Newser) - 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

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

      Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week

      (Newser) - 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

  • March 2007

    • Urbina Gets 14 Years

      ESPN  |  Mar 28, 07 4:57 PM CDT

      Urbina Gets 14 Years

      (Newser) - All-star pitcher Ugueth Urbina, who's been in a Venezuelan jail for a year and a half awaiting trial for attempted murder,  has been convicted and sentenced to 14 years. He was also found guilty of illegal deprivation of liberty and unlawfully taking justice into his own hands in a violent incident involving five workers on his ranch in Venezuela. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • murder  • Venezuela  • Philadelphia Phillies  • Caracas

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