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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IPOJUCA, Brazil — Here on Brazil’s northeast coast, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dreamed of building an oil refinery and naming it after a Brazilian adventurer who had fought for Venezuela’s independence. The joint venture with Brazil, he said in trips here, would help unify Latin America against his adversary, the United States. The $15 billion refinery is now two years away from completion, but with little input from Venezuela or its mercurial president, who for years backed projects regionwide in his drive to make Venezuela the vanguard of a new era in Latin America . Read full article > >

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Chavez’s influence wanes in Latin America

When a Venezuelan prisoner escaped last year and fled to the United States, the Caracas government called him a fugitive. Raul Diaz Pena had been convicted of helping bomb two diplomatic missions — “a terrorist,” according to President Hugo Chavez.

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Ros-Lehtinen brings anti-communist fervor to once-staid committee

When a Venezuelan prisoner escaped last year and fled to the United States, the Caracas government called him a fugitive. Raul Diaz Pena had been convicted of helping bomb two diplomatic missions — “a terrorist,” according to President Hugo Chavez.

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Ros-Lehtinen brings anti-communist fervor to once-staid committee

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shake hands in an apparently amicable encounter at a time of tension between the two countries.

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Chavez, Clinton chat amid tension

The US revokes the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador, the state department says, after President Hugo Chavez rejects the US envoy to Caracas.

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US ‘revokes Venezuela envoy visa’

In response to devastating floods in Venezuela that have killed 38 and affected 130,000, the Venezuelan national assembly granted President Hugo Chavez the right to rule by decree for the next 18 months. It is the fourth time Chavez has been given the…

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Chavez Granted ‘Rule by Decree’

President Hugo Chavez has been granted the power to pass laws by decree, according to state-run television. The move ostensibly is to allow him to act more quickly to help Venezuelans hurt by flooding.

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Chavez now can pass laws by decree

Venezuela’s parliament grants wider powers to President Hugo Chavez for 18 months, but his critics say it is a move towards dictatorship.

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New powers for Venezuela’s Chavez

By obtaining decree powers, President Hugo Chávez could effectively bypass the National Assembly in some legislating areas when it convenes next month.

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Chávez Seeks Decree Powers

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is moving into a tent given to him by the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi so flood victims can take refuge in his office.

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Chavez to move into Gaddafi tent

The U.S. embassy in Caracas appears to have put in long hours examining President Hugo Chavez’ efforts to build a socialist economy in Venezuela. But out of all the dense analysis springs one cable — about the role of the humble tortilla in building a brave new world.

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Venezuela’s socialist tortillas

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wrapped up a two-day visit to Iran by condemning military threats against the country and expressing solidarity with Ahmadinejad. The two leaders held a news conference in which they called each other “brother” and…

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Ahmadinejad and Chavez Plot in Iran

Venezuela’s opposition celebrates the results of Sunday’s election, in which it overturned President Hugo Chavez’s two-thirds majority in parliament.

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Chavez foes hail election gains

Venezuelans vote for a new parliament, with the opposition hoping to win seats from the governing party of President Hugo Chavez.

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