Their paths probably crossed many times in the small Alexandria community where they lived. Maria Chavez and Victor Aldana would walk to work each morning, she as a hotel housekeeper, he as a cashier at the fast-food restaurant next door. Read full article > >

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The US rejects as “horrific” Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s musings about whether the US might be giving Latin American leaders cancer.

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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez asks whether the US is giving Latin American leaders cancer, after Argentina’s president is diagnosed with the disease.

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Chavez muses on ‘US cancer plot’

Following the cancer diagnosis of Argentina's president this week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday wondered if United States could be infecting the region's leaders with the illness.

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CARACAS, Venezuela — President Barack Obama’s sharp criticisms of Venezuela’s human rights record and its ties to Iran are heightening tensions with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who on Monday responded by calling Obama a “clown” and telling him to mind his own business. Obama appeared to stiffen his stance toward Chavez in his remarks, which were published Monday by the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal. Some of Obama’s Republican opponents have also been strongly critical of Chavez, and analysts expect the Venezuelan president could become a popular target of criticism as American politicians feud over foreign policy ahead of next year’s U.S. presidential election. Read full article > >

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Obama criticizes Venezuela’s rights record, ties to Iran and Cuba; Chavez calls Obama ‘clown’

VALENCIA, Venezuela — In the modest, aqua-colored house where Wilson Ramos grew up, his close-knit family hunkered down on Thursday, grappling with his abduction as President Hugo Chavez’s government launched a high-profile investigation to bring home one of the country’s newest, brightest baseball talents. Read full article > >

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Wilson Ramos kidnapping: Family and friends wait and pray

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is heading to Cuba for his fourth and final round of chemotherapy in his cancer treatment.

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Final cancer therapy for Chavez

For a screenwriter who had done time in two obscure rock bands, acknowledging his past with his children took some time.

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Hugo Chavez announces that he will nationalise Venezuela’s gold industry to boost the country’s reserves.

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Chavez to nationalise gold mines

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is in good spirits after returning home from Cuba following a second round of cancer treatment there.

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Chavez home after more treatment

HAVANA — A Venezuelan vice president says President Hugo Chavez is recovering well a day after undergoing surgery in Cuba for a pelvic abscess. Chavez is “very up to date on all issues relating to our country,” Venezuelan Vice President Rafael Ramirez says, adding that he had saw Chavez personally on Friday following the procedure, and again on Saturday. “Comandante Chavez is well, and in the process of recuperation,” he said in comments broadcast on Cuba’s Saturday evening state-run newscast. Read full article > >

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Hugo Chavez’s support for proxy terrorism is a real threat to the Americas, and the U.S. should treat it as such.

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Is there a Chavez terror network on America’s doorstep?

Hugo Chavez’s support for proxy terrorism is a real threat to the Americas, and the U.S. should treat it as such.

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Is there a Chavez terror network on America’s doorstep?

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be expecting a call from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi: Chavez has been using the bully pulpit to urge Venezuelan women to resist getting breast implants. Chavez said it was a “monstrous thing” that…

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The Venezuelan political activist Lina Ron – one of president Hugo Chavez’s most radical supporters – dies of a heart attack at 53.

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