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A Hall of Shame for Venezuelan Elections Coverage | North - Nacla : Extreme poverty declined to 8.5 percent from about 20 percent over the same period. Venezuela has the lowest level of inequality in Latin America and the ...

Cubans Meddled In Venezuelan Elections, Opposition Claims Caracas, Venezuela – An audio recording that purportedly contains a prominent member of the ruling party discussing political strategy with a Cuban intelligence officer was released by Venezuela's opposition. Opposition lawmaker Ismael García said ...

Fears abound ahead of close Venezuelan elections : In this Sept. 27, 2012 photo, a poster of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hangs on the door where Maria Perez carries her granddaughter out of the room where they live that was once a school room and is now part of a government provided shelter for ... Anchorage Daily News

Venezuelan elections Venezuela's brief but raucous presidential campaign — full of references to Hugh Chavez — has wrapped up. Voters go to the polls Sunday to choose between the late leader's confidant, Nicolas Maduro, and opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.

Venezuelan Armed Force Guarantees Security in Primary Elections : On Sunday, Venezuela opened voting stations for the opposition primary elections, from which the candidate that will run against President Hugo Chavez in the October 7 presidential polls will be elected. Surveys show that most Venezuelan favor Chavez, ...

For the right-wing across Latin America and the Caribbean, the Venezuelan elections appear to be an existential threat. View article...

In Venezuela the Poor Are Happy and the Rich Are Mad. That Must Mean ... : Your defense of the Cuban and Venezuelan governments compares their elections with elections in Colombia and suggests that they are perhaps more democratic than here where votes are “bought and herded”. However, you ignore the arguments of those ...

Venezuela Presidential Elections: Thumbprint Readers Stir Vote Fairness Fears : CARACAS, Venezuela — With President Hugo Chavez in his tightest re-election race yet, some of his opponents are warning that the use of thumbprint readers at Venezuelan ballot boxes could scare away voters, adding to fears about the fairness of the Oct. Español | Las Américas | Português | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Venezuelan bishops call for year of national reconciliation : Exhorting Venezuelans not to look upon one another as enemies, the bishops of Venezuela are calling for a year of national reconciliation ahead of October elections. The bishops also lamented the state of the nation's prisons, called for respect for ... Español | Português | Las américas

In Venezuela's elections, will oil wealth trump desire for change? On Sunday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, 58, will face the toughest election of his 14-year rule. Chavez and his oil-financed largesse are pitted against fresh-faced challenger Henrique Capriles' promise of jobs, safer streets and an end to cronyism.

Brazilian advisers spin elections in Venezuela and beyond : Brazil — In an ad for the re-election campaign of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a kind-faced man introduces himself and weeps as he tells his story. His mother died when he was 8, leaving him on the streets. Then he was lifted from poverty and now ...

US journalist says Chavez's cancer in last stage : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's cancer is now in the "end stage" and it is "doubtful" he will live to see the results of the Oct. 7 elections, US journalist Dan Rather said. According to Rather, who cited "a highly respected source close to Chavez ...

Venezuela plays the 'US interference card' suspends dialogue with Washington : The Venezuelan government said on Wednesday it has suspended a “channel of communications” with Washington as it escalates tension and polarizes public opinion ahead of elections to replace the late president Hugo Chavez. Comment. The new ... MercoPress

Chavez's Political Agenda Seen Delaying Venezuela Devaluation : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's political agenda could delay a currency devaluation expected by investors to at least early next year as the government tries to consolidate power in regional elections in December. The economy is always secondary to ...

Venezuela's Maduro Rejects US “Intervention” in Honduras  -  ... Yesterday Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro criticised US “intervention” in the internal affairs of Latin American countries , and in the Honduran elections.

Radical Socialists Attack Student Protesters in Venezuela : A group of 40 students that is currently on hunger strike to demand fair elections in Venezuela was attacked on Monday night by alleged supporters of Venezuelan interim president, Nicolas Maduro. The student group, called Operacion Soberania ... ABC News