News in Republic of Venezuela

• Venezuela VP: Hunger striker's rights not violated
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela never violated the rights of a farmer who died after lengthy hunger strikes, the country's vice-president said Thursday.
  
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• Venezuela to Probe Wheter Hunger Striker's Familiy Had Role in His Death
  

  Venezuelan prosecutors will investigate whether the family of a man who died during a hunger strike on Aug. 30 facilitated his death, Venezuela's Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz said in statement.
  
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• Venezuela Plans `Good Living' Credit Cards for Government-Run Retailers
  

  Venezuela's government will issue credit cards that allow customers to buy food, refrigerators and vacation packages from state-run companies and pay over time, Public Banking Minister Humberto Ortega said.
  
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• Chinese company to build Venezuela port terminal
  

  Venezuela has signed an agreement with a Chinese company to build a new shipping container terminal at its largest cargo port.
  
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• Venezuela hunger striker dies
  

  A farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government has died in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will. Venezuela - Hunger strike - Government - South America - Hugo Chávez
  
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• Venezuela: Farmer-turned-hunger striker dies
  

  A farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government has died in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will.
  
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• Venezuela hunger striker's death angers Chavez foes
  

  A Venezuelan farmer who died after a hunger strike to protest President Hugo Chavez's land takeover policies was denied his own doctor and has become a symbol for the oppressed, his mourning family said.
  
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• UNESCO hails Venezuela's leading role in illiteracy reduction
  

  UNESCO has acknowledged Venezuela's leadership among Latin American and Caribbean countries in reducing illiteracy, local media said Monday. According to UNESCO, Venezuela has helped about 95.2 percent, or 30 million people, of its population shake off illiteracy in just 10 years.
  
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• Italian slain on sailboat in Venezuela, police suspect robbery
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela - Police in Venezuela say an Italian tourist has been shot to death on his sailboat. Local police chief Jose Gonzalez said Monday that the man, Emiliano Astore, was found dead aboard his boat "Yunkano Miami" while it was moored at Margarita Island.
  
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• Venezuela exhumes Bolivar's sisters
  

  Venezuela has exhumed the remains of two sisters of independence hero Simon Bolivar, hoping to compare DNA samples obtained from them to remains believed to belong to the Latin American leader.
  
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• Seeking clues to Bolivar's death, Venezuela exhumes bones of independence hero's sisters
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities exhumed the remains of Simon Bolivar's sisters Monday, seeking genetic clues to help them investigate President Hugo Chavez's theory that the South American independence hero may have been murdered.
  
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• "Invisible" gang leader escapes from Venezuela jail
  

  One of Venezuela's most notorious criminals lived up to his gang's name "The Invisibles" by fleeing jail in an embarrassing turn for the government, which is under fire because of crime as an election nears.
  
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• Venezuela's opposition candidates make inroads in Chavez strongholds
  

  It looked like politics as usual: Stalin Gonzalez, an opposition candidate for Venezuela's parliament, was handing out fliers, joking with vegetable vendors and throwing his arms around frail old ladies as he made his way through a sprawling market near downtown Caracas.
  
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• 'Iran-Venezuela ties dull US pressure'
  

  Iran's Industries and Mines Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian says promotion of all-out cooperation between Iran and Venezuela can relieve US pressures.
  
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• Venezuela opens electoral fairs to promote legislative elections
  

  Electoral fairs were held on Sunday across 1,500 information centers of Venezuela to promote the next month's legislative elections.
  
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• Jailed Chavez foe charged, calls Venezuela explosives case a farce, does not expect fair trial
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela - The leader of a conservative group opposed to President Hugo Chavez has been charged with hiding explosives in his home â€" allegations he called a farce in comments sent from his jail cell.
  
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• Venezuela National Guard Helicopter Crashes During Anti-Drug Sweep, 10 Die
  

  A Venezuelan National Guard helicopter crashed in southwestern Venezuela yesterday, killing three officers and seven soldiers, a National Guard general said in a statement today.
  
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• REFILE-Venezuela helicopter crashes, 10 soldiers killed
  

  Source: Reuters (Corrects typographical error in headline) * Venezuela is major shipping route for Colombian cocaine * One suspected trafficker caught CARACAS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A Venezuelan military ...
  
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• Venezuela helicopter crashes with 10 soldiers killed
  

  A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed, killing 10 National Guard soldiers who were chasing suspected drug traffickers in a region close to the border with Colombia, an officer said on Saturday.
  
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• Venezuela says buying British-owned farms
  

  Venezuela will buy a group of large farms and thousands of cattle from a British company President Hugo Chavez said late on Friday part of his socialist drive to redistribute land in the South American nation.
  
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• Venezuela's Chavez says oil price "stabilized"
  

  Venezuela's Chavez says oil price "stabilized"
  
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• Venezuela congressional candidate raffles off breast augmentation surgery to fund campaign
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A Venezuelan politician is holding an unusual raffle to raise campaign cash. The grand prize: breast implants.
  
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• Venezuela pol raffles breast implants for campaign
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A Venezuelan politician is holding an unusual raffle to raise campaign cash. The grand prize: breast implants. For a little under $6 a ticket, donors get the chance to win the pricey operation free of charge.
  
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• Venezuela's Chavez scoffs at cancer rumors
  

  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Thursday mocked rumors that he was suffering from cancer as wishful thinking by his "squalid" enemies.
  
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• Venezuela Says Gold-Mine Accident May Have Taken 14 Lives
  

  Venezuela Says Gold-Mine Accident May Have Taken 14 Lives
  
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• Huge cocaine stash found on ranch in Venezuela
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela - Authorities seized more than 4.4 tons (4 metric tons) of cocaine at a ranch Thursday after F-16 fighter jets intercepted a plane that was flying to pick up the load, Venezuela's top security official said.
  
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• Venezuela: UN trains authorities to combat sexual violence
  

  New York, Aug 26 : A United Nations-backed project in Venezuela has trained dozens of government officials and security force members on how to prevent sexual and gender-based violence and provide better care and protection for victims.
  
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• Venezuela prez spends 5 hours with Fidel Castro
  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met for five hours with Fidel Castro behind closed doors Wednesday, and state television said they discussed the former Cuban leader's warnings about impending nuclear war. Fidel Castro - Venezuela - Hugo Chávez - Cuba - List of Presidents of Venezuela
  
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• FACTBOX - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez
  

  REUTERS - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez began yet another election battle on Wednesday with campaigning underway before a Sept. 26 parliamentary poll.
  
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• Venezuela gold mine collapse kills 6
  

  Venezuela gold mine collapse kills 6
  
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• Venezuela mine accident kills at least six
  

  Venezuela mine accident kills at least six
  
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• Venezuela mine accident kills seven
  

  CARACAS (Reuters) - A cave-in at a wildcat gold mine in south Venezuela has killed seven people and left others trapped, officials and a miner said on Tuesday.
  
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• Venezuela mine accident kills several, traps others
  

  CARACAS (Reuters) - An accident at a wildcat gold mine in south Venezuela has killed several people and left others trapped, local media and a miner said on Tuesday.
  
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• Colombia says Venezuela agrees to fight cross-border crimes
  

  Venezuela has agreed to cooperate with Colombia in all areas, including jointly cracking down on cross-border crimes, Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said Sunday.
  
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• Venezuela Continue To Export Gasoline
  

  23 August 2010 Venezuela's ambassador in Tehran said that his government would not be "bullied" into halting gasoline shipments, adding Venezuela will continue its energy cooperation with Iran.
  
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• Venezuela, More Deadly Than Iraq, Wonders Why
  

  CARACAS, Venezuela -- Some here joke that they might be safer if they lived in Baghdad. The numbers bear them out.
  
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• Venezuela reels from its raging violent crime rate
  

  Venezuela reels from its raging violent crime rate
  
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• Venezuela holds mock vote ahead of elections
  

  Venezuela's elections council has held a mock ballot to test the country's electronic voting system ahead of legislative elections next month.
  
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• Venezuela defends controversial flights to Iran and Syria
  

  Venezuela's ambassador to the United States is defending his country's controversial airline service to the capitals of Syria and Iran -- both countries that are designated by the U.S. as state sponsors of terrorism.
  
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• Venezuela soldier kills officers
  

  Police in Venezuela search for a soldier who shot dead two officers and wounded six soldiers at a military base in the capital, Caracas.
  
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