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Five energy challenges for Venezuela
With the passing of Hugo Chávez, the issue of what Venezuela chooses to do with its oil moves to center stage for the energy industry – and for environmentalists. Here are five energy challenges that Venezuela will have to face.
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Hugo Chavez: 10 outrageous things he said about the US
Hugo Chavez, whose death was announced Tuesday, will be remembered worldwide as much for what he said as for what he did during his 14-year rule of Venezuela. From the vitriolic to bizarre, here is a list of 10 outrageous comments he made about the “Yankee empire” and its leaders.
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Hugo Chavez: Global reactions to the Venezuelan leader's death
While he was alive, Hugo Chávez – the longest ruling democratically elected leader in Latin America – inspired people who loved him as often as he inflamed those who didn’t. That polarization seemed to follow him in death.
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Cuban Missile Crisis: 5 ways leftist ideology lives on in Latin America
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the US and the Soviet Union were on the brink of nuclear war over the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
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Columbus Day: Your guide to the top 5 political events today
Election season doesn’t stop for Columbus Day, and the action isn’t limited to the presidential contest. Here are your top five political events to watch this Columbus Day.
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Rival Honduran leaders in Costa Rica for talks
Both ousted President Manuel Zelaya and interim leader Roberto Micheletti sounded uncompromising notes at the start of official dialogue Thursday in San Jose.
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Can Arias broker a deal on Honduras?
Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias will begin leading talks today between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the interim government.
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How the Honduras crisis boosts Venezuela's Chávez
President Hugo Chávez, an avowed socialist and critic of the United States, has emerged in the unlikely role as the leading champion of democracy for Honduras.
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Clinton's high-wire act on Honduras
US backs Costa Rica's Arias to mediate the crisis, wary of being seen as interfering in the region – as it has in the past.
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Honduras braces for confrontation ahead of Zelaya's return
Ousted President Manuel Zelaya is set to arrive back in the country Sunday, a move some say could provoke violence.
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Isolated Nicaragua senses opportunity in Honduras crisis
President Ortega has quickly positioned himself – alongside Chávez and Castro – as a champion of democracy.
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Coup drives deep divide in Honduras
Supporters of ousted President Zelaya blocked streets Wednesday, vowing to protest until he is reinstated.
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In Alaska, many pine for the old Palin
The governor is a hot ticket in the Lower 48, but her in-state approval is sagging.
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Showdown looms in Honduras
Interim President Roberto Micheletti vows to have ousted President Manuel Zelaya arrested if he returns Thursday. Hondurans are concerned about foreign intervention.
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Deposed Honduran president finds a platform at the UN
The US condemned the coup but finds itself defending a president allied with leftist critics such as UN General Assembly president d'Escoto and Venezuela's Chávez.
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Latin leaders unite against junta in Honduras
Leftists are urging Hondurans rise up against the coup leaders while conservatives denounce Sunday's ouster of President Zelaya.
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Leftist leaders hold emergency meeting over Honduras coup
Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, and other leaders met in Nicaragua Sunday night to offer a response to the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya.
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World condemns coup in Honduras
Venezuela's populist leader Hugo Chávez has put his armed forces on alert in response to Sunday's ouster of leftist President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras. 'We will bring them down,' Mr. Chávez said of the new military junta.
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Coup in Honduras?
Soldiers arrested leftist President Manuel Zelaya Sunday as he planned to carry out a controversial referendum to extend presidential term limits, despite a Supreme Court ruling that the vote would be illegal.
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Honduran military arrests its president
President Manual Zelaya was taken into custody Sunday after attempting to hold a referendum on serving another presidential term.
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The United States and Venezuela begin to make nice
An exchange of ambassadors is part of Obama's policy of engagement over confrontation.
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Opinion: The tragedy of Chávez
Ten years in, a capitalist elite has merely been replaced by a quasi-socialist elite with little regard for Venezuelans.
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Ahmadinejad's new best friend: Hugo Chávez?
Chávez has announced his support for the Iranian president's claim of election victory. The two leaders have developed close ties based on mutual animosity to the US.
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World reacts cautiously to Ahmadinejad's re-election
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Indigenous Peruvians vow more attacks over control of the Amazon
Clashes with government forces left more than 30 dead last week, sparking concerns about a full-scale revolt. Protesters are fighting laws that would open their rainforest home to energy and agribusiness development.
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US may punish Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega with $64 million aid cut
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Wednesday with the Millenium Challenge Corporation to decide whether to cancel US aid in response to the leftist leader's alleged attempts to steal elections.
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Will OAS decision to readmit Cuba change US-Latin America relations?
Cuba has shown no desire to rejoin. Socialist states like Venezuela and Nicaragua say they want to form an association that excludes the US.
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Colombia's Uribe now closer to a third term
Lawmakers passed a measure late Tuesday calling for a referendum on whether to allow the popular President Álvaro Uribe to run for a third term. Critics say that would be bad for democracy.
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With Arabs, Obama never had a honeymoon
Two recent polls show that Arab nations have not embraced the president the way other areas of the world have.
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Venezuela's Chávez threatens to shut down TV station
President Hugo Chávez denounced Globovision, the sole television channel in Venezuela that regularly criticizes him, for reporting an earthquake before the government announced it.
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