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Argentina’s Senate approved the nationalization of Aerolineas Argentinas and its subsidiary on Wednesday, moving to return the financially troubled Spanish-owned airlines to state hands.
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The Venezuelan government has ordered all McDonald’s restaurants in the country closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the fast-food...
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Give up your gas-guzzler and get a free car. That’s President Hugo Chavez’s offer to Venezuelans.
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Bureaucrats in oil-rich Venezuela can look forward to fewer expensive SUVs, top-of-the-line mobile telephones and whiskey-fueled parties next year.
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Venezuela’s state-owned bank says it will not be affected by the U.S. financial crisis.
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A former Venezuelan defense minister who is a prominent critic of President Hugo Chavez has been detained by military intelligence agents.
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Venezuelan authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a student leader who helped organize protests against constitutional amendments proposed by President...
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The attorney general said Monday she is seeking to freeze the assets of two Venezuelans jailed in the U.S. in a case involving the seizure of a cash-filled suitcase.
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President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy _ a move likely to raise U.S. concerns over increasingly close cooperation...
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A monument to the late Colombian rebel leader Manuel Marulanda, who died in March at age 78, is going up in a poor Caracas neighborhood.
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Venezuelan authorities have arrested two people suspected of plotting to kill Hugo Chavez by blowing up the president’s plane with an anti-tank weapon, the...
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Venezuelan authorities have arrested two people suspected of plotting to kill Hugo Chavez by blowing up the president’s plane with heavy artillery, the...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez began a five-nation tour Sunday with a stop in Cuba to visit ailing former leader Fidel Castro.
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Venezuela is taking issue with a John McCain campaign ad focusing on President Hugo Chavez.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says both U.S. presidential candidates have been making “gratuitous attacks” against him, but he won’t rise to the...
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Venezuela is urging the Vatican to turn over a government opponent who has sought refuge inside the Vatican’s diplomatic mission for the past year and a half.
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A Venezuelan government opponent who has sought refuge inside the Vatican’s diplomatic mission for the last year and a half has been granted asylum by the Holy...
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President Hugo Chavez reprimanded skeptics on Sunday for questioning his warnings that Washington is out to kill him _ an accusation that Venezuela’s opposition...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has observed military exercises with planes dropping bombs and commandos resisting a mock invasion.
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Venezuela has deported two suspected drug traffickers wanted in Colombia and the United States.
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The Bush administration on Thursday ordered the expulsion of Bolivia’s ambassador to the U.S. after Bolivia expelled the U.S. envoy there in an escalating...
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Lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez want to allow the nationalization of fuel distribution, the government’s latest move to bring Venezuela’s economy...
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Venezuelan government officials backed by National Guard troops seized control of cement plants owned by Mexico’s Cemex SAB after failing to reach a deal on terms...
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Venezuela is moving ahead with the nationalization of foreign-owned cement companies, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday, a day before the expiration of a 60-day period...
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President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he intends to nationalize the Bank of Venezuela, which is owned by the Santander banking group of Spain.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday his government is close to a compensation deal for the nationalization of Venezuela’s largest steelmaker,...
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President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered the expropriation of Venezuela’s largest steel maker after attempts by the government to acquire a majority stake in...
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Lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez declared Sidor _ Venezuela’s largest steel maker _ a “public utility” on Tuesday, a legal prerequisite to...
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President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to expropriate Venezuela’s largest steel maker due to what he said are the soon-to-be-nationalized company’s...
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President Hugo Chavez is threatening to expropriate Venezuela’s largest steel maker because he says shareholders are demanding excessive compensation for the...
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Venezuela said Monday that it will take control of three foreign-owned cement businesses, but will let the current owners keep minority shares.Oil Minister Rafael...
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Venezuela says that foreign companies will be allowed to keep minority shares when the government takes control of three foreign-owned cement businesses.Oil Minister...
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President Hugo Chavez has ordered the nationalization of Venezuela’s cement industry, saying his government cannot allow businesses to export raw materials needed...
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People line up at a Bank of Venezuela cash machine in Caracas, Thursday, July 31, 2008. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said he intends to nationalize the Bank of Venezuela, which is owned by Spain’s Santander banking group.
