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Chavez 'conscious' says his deputy |
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| Jan.2 |
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 Venezuelan opposition demands Chavez details As rumors about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's health swirl, supporters and opponents of the ailing leader are trading barbs over who is...
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| Jan.3 |
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Chavez battling 'severe' lung infection Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is battling a 'severe' lung infection that has caused respiratory failure, a top official said
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| Jan.4 |
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Chavez 'can rule without oath' The government has said President Hugo Chavez can begin his new six-year term in office, even if he is too ill to attend a swearing-in cerem...
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| Jan.5 |
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 Italian fashion boss Missoni missing off Venezuela  Map of Los Roques Venezuela| A small plane carrying six people, one of them Vittorio Missoni, a director of Italy's Missoni fashion house, is missing off the coast of Venezuela | |
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Assembly opens amid Chavez crisis
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Chavez ally elected by assembly| National Assembly has met to choose its leader Diosdado Cabello, a possible stand-in for President Chavez who is in Cuba following cancer surgery | |
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| Jan.7 |
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Show of support called for Chavez
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| Jan.8 |
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Chavez will not be sworn in on inauguration day Medical treatment in Cuba will keep Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from being sworn in for a new term this week, a top official said
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| Jan.13 |
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Venezuelan leaders back in Havana
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| Jan.25 |
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Deadly prison riot in Venezuela
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| Feb.15 |
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First post-surgery images of Chavez
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| Feb.18 |
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Venezuela's Chavez finally returns home  | President Hugo Chavez announced his return to Venezuela from Cuba early Monday, where he had been undergoing cancer treatment | |
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| Feb.21 |
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Chavez 'breathing problems persist'
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| Mar.2 |
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Chavez having chemotherapy, says VP Maduro
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| Mar.4 |
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Chavez suffers new severe infection Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a new, severe respiratory infection following cancer surgery, the government has said
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| Mar.5 |
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies A deeply divided Venezuela is mourning its late leader and preparing to pick a new president to replace him
| Venezuelan officials called for peace and unity after the death, emphasizing in state TV broadcasts that all branches of the government and the military were standing together
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| Mar.6 |
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Thousands march with Chavez coffin Thousands of people have come out onto the streets of Venezuela's capital Caracas to pay tribute to President Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesd...
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Body of Hugo Chavez lies in state The body of the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, is lying in state at the military academy in Caracas
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| Mar.7 |
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Leaders gather for state funeral of Hugo Chavez Leaders from Latin America and beyond are gathering in the Venezuelan capital Caracas for the funeral of late President Hugo Chavez
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| Mar.8 |
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Venezuela swears in acting president Venezuela's former vice-president Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as acting president hours after the state funeral of Hugo Chavez
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| Mar.9 |
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Venezuela sets post-Chavez poll date
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| Mar.10 |
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Capriles to stand in Venezuela poll
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| Mar.14 |
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Plan to embalm Chavez may have hit a snag Scientists in a preliminary assessment have determined that the process might be 'quite difficult,' acting president Nicolas Maduro said
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| Apr.13 |
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Venezuela sees electoral law row The opposition has made an official complaint against the government following allegations that it broke the law by continuing its campaign on...
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| Apr.14 |
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Venezuela votes on Chavez successor People are voting in a presidential election. Acting President Nicolas Maduro, chosen by Chavez as his successor, is running against Henrique...
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Maduro wins Venezuela election Socialist candidate Nicolas Maduro, who was chosen by Chavez as his successor, has won a narrow victory in Venezuela's presidential poll
| Maduro won 50.7% of the vote against 49.1% for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. Capriles said he refused to accept the result without a recount
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| Apr.15 |
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Venezuela challenger demands recount Defeated presidential candidate Henrique Capriles has demanded a recount of votes, rejecting the election of Hugo Chavez's successor as 'illegitimate'
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Maduro declared official poll winner
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| Apr.17 |
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Manual recount not possible, chief justice says
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| Apr.19 |
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 Venezuela to audit all votes Venezuela's top election official said Thursday that authorities will complete a 100% audit of votes cast in Sunday's presidential election
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Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro sworn in
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| Apr.28 |
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Venezuela vote audit to begin
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| Apr.30 |
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Venezuela MPs in punch-up over poll Fistfights have broken out in the parliament over the recent disputed presidential election. Several legislators were left bloodied and brui...
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| May.3 |
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Maduro alleges Colombia assassination plot
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| May.16 |
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Venezuela to import 50M rolls of toilet pape Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, the embattled socialist government says it will import 50 million rolls to boost supplies
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| May.22 |
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Venezuela ends toilet paper shortage
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| May.28 |
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2 U.S. officials shot in Venezuela nightclub
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| Jun.19 |
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Venezuela: Plane that disappeared in '08 found
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| Jul.5 |
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Snowden receives asylum 'offers'
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| Jul.22 |
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Venezuela and Colombia repair ties
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| Aug.11 |
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Venezuela refinery fire extinguished
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| Sep.3 |
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Power cut leaves much of Venezuela without electricity
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| Sep.10 |
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Venezuela pulls out of OAS's human rights court
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| Sep.27 |
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Venezuela arrests 22 over drug haul
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| Sep.30 |
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 Venezuela expels three US diplomats Venezuela gives three US diplomats 48 hours to leave the country, after accusing them of plotting to sabotage the country's economy
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| Oct.11 |
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US ship detained by Venezuela
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| Nov.6 |
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Venezuela tightens control of foreign exchange
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| Nov.19 |
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Venezuela leader gets special powers
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| Dec.2 |
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Power fails again in Venezuela, capital goes dark Map of Caracas Venezuela An outage briefly darkened Caracas and other parts of the country in what President Maduro said appeared to have been an act of sabotage
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| Dec.8 |
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Split mayoral vote prolongs Venezuelan stalemate
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