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Chavez ‘Crosshairs’ No Challenge as Mendoza’s Fortune Jumps 75%
Agoracom, 1 hour 37 minutes ago / The fortune of Mendoza and his family surged to $3.5 billion from $2 billion last year as he fended off threats by President Hugo Chavez to nationalize his food conglomerate, Empresas Polar SA , the country's largest privately held company.
Todd Palin's Snowmobile Team Sponsored by Venezuelan Oil Company
From the Road - CBS News, 7 hours 22 minutes ago / Political blogs in Alaska are harpooning former first couple Sarah and Todd Palin for associating with a Venezuelan oil company, in spite of former Gov. Sarah Palin's condemnations of the Venezuelan government and her calls for energy independence.
Sean Penn: Journalists who Call Chavez a Dictator Deserve to Go to Prison
Big Hollywood, 8 hours 23 minutes ago / The collaborative opportunity in Haiti, when you talk about Hugo Chavez, and some of the other people who are demonized [think Castro], and you know, when some of these countries accuse us of an occupation – where I believe this was strictly a humanitarian action by the United States military, and an incredible one – I'm a little sympathetic.
Warehouses belonging to Venezuela's largest food producer targeted for expropriation
The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA, 8 hours 24 minutes ago / Allies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez have cleared the way for the expropriation of warehouses owned by the country's largest food producer.
Hugo Chavez running terror training camps?
BlackFive, 12 hours 36 minutes ago / What were two members of a violent Basque separatist group doing with 11 members of Colombia's narco-Marxist insurgency in a remote corner of southwestern Venezuela in August 2007?
Chavez trusts God will end power crisis
Nzoom, 14 hours 1 minute ago / President Hugo Chavez is confident that God and nature will pull Venezuela out of a power crisis battering both the economy and his popularity.
The Holyrood Admirers of Autocracy
A Pint of Unionist Lite, 16 hours 31 minutes ago / Yet five members of the Scottish Parliament have found time in their busy schedule to praise the "progressive" achievements of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and to urge Scotland to forge closer links to his country.
Who punishes to Chávez? el universal commentary (pretty gutsy)
Agoracom, 17 hours 26 minutes ago / President Chávez, with that threatening tone that characterizes to him, has said that he will begin to penalize establishments, commercial commerce, industries, centers and residences that have not fulfilled the goal of electricity saving.
Chávez calls irresponsible to president of Fedecámaras
Agoracom, 17 hours 41 minutes ago / President Hugo Chavez, during the act of register under nation's flag of the national selection that will participate in IX the South American Games Medellín 2010, talked about to the recent declarations offered by the president of Fedecámaras, Noel Alvarez, with respect to the crisis in the electrical sector.
SNP MSPs table motion in praise of Hugo Chavez
Mr Eugenides, 19 hours 36 minutes ago / Five members of the Scottish Parliament have found time in their busy schedule to praise the "progressive" achievements of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and to urge Scotland to forge closer links to his country.
Todd Palin Has …
Auburn Journal - Auburn CA, 23 hours 23 minutes ago / As a vice presidential candidate, Sara Palin condemned Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a "dictator" and called for "energy independence, to allow us to be less and less reliant on someone like Hugo Chavez."
Venezuelan Officials Take Control of 2 Sugar Mills
The New York Times - New York NY, Mar 09, 2010 / Venezuela's government seized control of two sugar mills Tuesday and threatened to expropriate them, accusing managers of hoarding a basic good and violating the labor rights of employees.
Venezuela Celebrates Women’s Day, Discusses Abortion Rights
Venezuelanalysis.com - Venezuela, Mar 09, 2010 / Yesterday Venezuela celebrated International Women's Day with a ceremony involving 200,000 women and some of Venezuela's highest political female leaders.
Hugo Chavez: South America’s Own ‘Qaddafi’ – El Tiempo, Colombia
The Moderate Voice, Mar 09, 2010 / How dangerous is Venezuela President Hugo Chavez?
Violence and crime eroding the popularity of President Chavez
MercoPress, Mar 09, 2010 / Close sources to the Venezuelan administration of President Hugo Chavez admit that this is one of several issues that lately have been eroding the president's popularity which is threatening for the coming legislative elections of next September, when the ruling party wants to ensure its two thirds majority in Congress.
FACTBOX-Facts about Venezuela's energy crisis
AlertNet, Mar 09, 2010 / Venezuela is South America's top oil exporter, but is suffering from major power shortages.
Sean Penn Says Reporter Should Go To Jail For Calling Hugo Chavez A Dictator
Say Anything, Mar 09, 2010 / Well, Hugo Chavez is a dictator, but I guess truth isn't a defense when you're talking about one of Penn's heroes.
Venezuela Looks to Wind and Nuclear Power Amid Drought and Hydropower Slowdown
Green Inc. - The New York Times, Mar 09, 2010 / A severe drought in Venezuela appears to be forcing the country's president, Hugo Chavez, to ramp up efforts to diversify the country's energy portfolio.
Quote of the Day: Free speech edition
QandO, Mar 09, 2010 / Because every day, this elected leader is called a dictator here, and we just accept it!
Venezuela linked to terror groups
The Washington Times - Washington DC, Mar 09, 2010 / Accusations by Spanish authorities that Venezuela aided an alliance between Basque and Colombian terror groups that plotted joint attacks in Colombia and Spain have revived a debate over Venezuela's possible role as a state sponsor of terrorism.
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N.B.A. Roundup: After Slow Start, Mavericks Beat Nets for 13th Straight Victory
The New York Times - New York NY
The New York Times - New York NY, 8 minutes ago/ The Nets charged to a 17-3 lead in the first quarter and led by as many as 18 points in the first half.
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'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol'
The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA
The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA, 22 minutes ago/ Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work." Lynche, a mountain of a guy who lives up to his nickname, performed last among the eight male semifinalists Wednesday and emerged as the star of the Fox TV show.
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Tudor: Root for State and Carolina
The News & Observer - Raleigh NC
The News & Observer - Raleigh NC, 3 hours 42 minutes ago/ I'm not saying you should — you better pull for N.C. State and North Carolina to win their games Thursday.
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Off-duty officers were with Roethlisberger at Ga. club
Sun Sentinel
Sun Sentinel, 48 minutes ago/ Two off-duty Pennsylvania law enforcement officers were with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger at the Georgia nightclub where a woman accused him of sexual assault, and the two men didn't see anything inappropriate, an attorney for one of them said Wednesday.
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'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dies at 38
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO, 14 minutes ago/ A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.Haim died Wednesday at 38, another chapter in Hollywood's tragic history of careers ravaged by drugs.Brittany Murphy's career was rebounding when she died at 31 in December from pneumonia and prescription drugs.River Phoenix was 16 when he starred in "Stand By Me" and 23 when he died of a drug overdose outside a Hollywood nightclub.Haim died at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, His mother called paramedics after he collapsed while getting out of bed at his apartment.Haim started working in TV commercials at 10 and was a big-screen heartthrob at 15.
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Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; born 28 July 1954) is the President of Venezuela.
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Venezuela's top food producer may lose warehouses
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Wednesday 03/10/10 08:54 PM EST
CARACAS, Venezuela -Allies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez have cleared the way for the expropriation of warehouses owned by the country's largest food producer
Venezuelan officials take control of 2 sugar mills
AP
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Wednesday 03/10/10 02:36 AM EST
consumers.
Government inspectors claim some businesses hoard sugar and other foods subject to government-price controls, waiting for President Hugo Chavez's administration to raise
Businesses to Chavez: 'Turn clocks forward'
AP
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Monday 03/08/10 08:39 PM EST
CARACAS, Venezuela -Venezuelan business leaders want President Hugo Chavez to stage a 30-minute retreat — dropping a time zone shift they say is costing the country
Ex-Honduran leader to pen book about 2009 coup
AP
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Monday 03/08/10 04:06 AM EST
's military-backed coup that sent him into exile.
In a television interview broadcast in Venezuela, Zelaya said the business leaders feared he planned to copy President Hugo Chavez
Ousted former Honduran leader to head Petrocaribe
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Saturday 03/06/10 08:43 PM EST
to buy oil on preferential terms from Venezuela.
Zelaya accepted the invitation from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a strong ally both before and after Zelaya was removed from
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