Chavez not to attend Americas summit
April 15th, 2012 - 8:28 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 15 (IANS) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is battling cancer, will not attend the Sixth Summit of the Americas as advised by his doctors, said the country's foreign ... Read more...
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Chavez in good physical condition after operation: Venezuela
February 29th, 2012 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, Feb 29 (IANS/EFE) President Hugo Chavez is in "good physical condition" after an operation in Cuba for a lesion in the same part of his body where Cuban surgeons ... Read more...
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Hugo Chavez calls doctor ‘a liar’ after saying he has 2 years left to live
October 28th, 2011 - 3:44 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has described a doctor who claimed to be part of his former medical team as 'a big liar'. The doctor previously said Chavez ... Read more...
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Venezuela to increase minimum wage by 26.5 percent
April 27th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday announced an increase in the minimum wage by 26.5 percent, the state-run AVN news agency reported.The rise will benefit public and ... Read more...
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Venezuelan anti-Chavez farmer dies after hunger strike
August 31st, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) – A Venezuelan farmer died on Monday after 8 hunger strikes and six years of protest against President Hugo Chavez and his government's land policies, Globovision Television reported ... Read more...
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Hugo Chavez to nationalize Venezuelan private university
May 13th, 2010 - 1:34 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- Leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Tuesday night on his Twitter account his plans to nationalize a private university."I inform, attention Barinas, students of the Univ. ... Read more...
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Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, Embraces Twitter
April 28th, 2010 - 7:38 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 28, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The socialist Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has begun to utilize Twitter to argue against his detractors online. This decision has compelled the President, who often ... Read more...
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Venezuela forgives any debt held by Haiti
January 27th, 2010 - 1:32 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) – Venezuela President Hugo Chavez on Monday announced that the Venezuelan government will forgive any debts held by Haiti.During a meeting of the Political Council of Bolivarian Alliance ... Read more...
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Clinton defends moving closer to Chavez
April 23rd, 2009 - 7:55 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 23 (EFE) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has defended the Obama administration's bid for rapprochement with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying that the policy of isolating him has not ... Read more...
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US open to restoring diplomatic ties with Venezuela, says official
April 21st, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 21 (EFE) The US government has said that it views as positive Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's proposal to discuss the restoration of full diplomatic relations between the two countries.
"Dialogue is ... Read more...
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Venezuela’s President Chavez mulls oil bank
October 9th, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has suggested the creation of an international oil bank aimed at ensuring energy security in the face of uncertain and speculative oil ... Read more...
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Chavez asks US envoy not to interfere in domestic affairs
September 1st, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Sep 1 (Xinhua) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned the US ambassador to his country not to interfere in its domestic affairs; otherwise he would be expelled. "Our government will not ... Read more...
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Former FARC captive believes rebels will free all hostages soon
June 11th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, June 11 (IANS) A former Colombian senator who has spent nearly seven years in the captivity of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has expressed his hope that the leftist ... Read more...
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Venezuela President for full cooperation on India’s energy security
April 10th, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 10 (ANI) Terming India as one of the largest emerging markets in the world, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Thursday assured visiting Petroleum Minister Murli Deora of full ... Read more...
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Colombian rebels to free four hostages: France
February 21st, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by admin
Caracas (Venezuela), Feb 21 (IANS) Colombia's largest leftist insurgent group has agreed to free four hostages, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said. Addressing media persons at the Miraflores Palace here, Kouchner ... Read more...
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