Topic: Hugo Chavez
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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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World
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New push to free Ingrid from FARC rebels
A French humanitarian mission arrived in Colombia on Thursday to help free high-level hostage Ingrid Betancourt.
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Peru sees shadowy hand of Chávez – everywhere
Peru's Congress is investigating new Bolivarian 'fair-trade' groups. Are they funded by Venezuela?
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Reporters on the Job
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Chávez seeks Shangri-La with 'socialist cities'
Will Caribia be a retreat from Venezuela's wealth gap and capitalism, or an unrealistic dream?
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FARC acquired uranium, says Colombia
Sixty six pounds of uranium was for a 'dirty bomb,' Colombian officials say. Venezuela and Ecuador wonder: What else will seized rebel laptops reveal?
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World
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Leftwing activists flock to Venezuela to soak up the socialist 'revolution'
Like Havana, Cuba, and Chiapas, Mexico, before it, Caracas draws liberals from around the world who want to experience Hugo Chavez's experiment in socialism.
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Reporters on the Job
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World
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Colombia border conflict resolved – on the surface
Ties between Venezuela and Colombia were restored but tensions appear to linger.
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Chávez support slips in Venezuela
Food shortages and rising prices are eroding the leftist leader's approval ratings.
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Colombia: Latin America tries to defuse escalating crisis
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe said Tuesday that his government would ask the International Criminal Court to try Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez for financing and supporting Colombia's main rebel group.
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Opinion: OPEC – not as powerful as you might think
Brazil's oil may destabilize OPEC, but not the US.
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Venezuela, Ecuador mass troops on Colombia border
The countries sent troops to protest Colombia's killing of a FARC leader in Ecuador.
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Colombia's cross-border strike on FARC irks neighbors
Colombia forces killed a top rebel leader and several others in an airstrike on guerrillas based in Ecuador this weekend.
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Chávez set to take Castro's mantle
Venezuela's fiery president gears up to become Latin America's next leftist icon.
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Venezuelan FARC victims to Chávez: 'What about us?'
Many families of those kidnapped near the border with Colombia say President Hugo Chávez has neglected them in favor of high-profile Colombian victims.
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The Monitor's View: Face-off by Facebook
Using Web social networks for political ends is a new political force – for the better.
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World
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Will additives push gasoline to a record high?
The price may hit $3.50 a gallon this spring because of problems obtaining alkylates.
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Exxon fights Chávez' Venezuela for compensation in courts
Legal challenge could raise price for nationalization moves by Ecuador, Russia, and Bolivia.
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U.S. free trade accords face rocky road
With elections and economic woes, congressional approval of foreign trade accords will be an uphill battle.
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Colombians tell FARC: 'Enough's enough'
In a march organized on Facebook, hundreds of thousands protested against the leftist rebel group Monday.
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Facebook used to target Colombia's FARC with global rally
Internet site to spawn protests in 185 cities Monday against rebel group's methods
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