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    Venezuela: Maduro Bans Planned Opposition March
    Venezuela’s President-elect Nicolas Maduro says he won’t permit a march to protest a presidential election opponents say is illegitimate. Maduro’s announcement follows a report by his chief prosecutor that seven people were killed and 61 injured across the country in protests after opposition candidate Henrique Capriles demanded a recount. Prosecutor...
    April 17, 2013 0:06
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    Venezuela to probe Chavez cancer “poisoning” accusation
    Venezuela will set up a formal inquiry into suspicions that the late President Hugo Chavez’s cancer was the result of poisoning by his enemies abroad, the government said. The accusation has been derided by critics of the government, who view it as a typical Chavez-style conspiracy theory intended to feed fears of “imperialist” threats to Venezuela’s...
    March 12, 2013 22:00
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    Criminal folds himself into suitcase to escape Venezuelan jail … but plan is foiled when his girlfriend struggles to push it
    Venezuelan jails have banned visitors from bringing in suitcases – after guards busted a contortionist criminal trying to escape. Convicted murderer Gavinson Garcia – who stands at just 5ft 3ins – folded himself into the bag brought to Yare II prison in Caracas by his girlfriend Susana Blanco on Sunday. But their plan was foiled when guards spotted Blanco,...
    March 3, 2013 14:53
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    Chavez’s breathing problem ‘persists’: minister
    Venezuela’s cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez is still suffering from respiratory problems, and the evolution of that condition “has not been favorable,” the information minister said. Chavez, who returned home early Monday after a fourth cancer surgery and more than two months of convalescence in Cuba, will receive more treatment for the breathing...
    February 23, 2013 10:15
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    ‘I’m back! Thank you to my beloved people!’ Hugo Chavez tweets his return home to Venezuela after more than two months of cancer treatment in Cuba
    Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has returned home to Venezuela following two months of treatment in Cuba. In three ecstatic messages posted on Twitter, Mr Chavez, 58, thanked Cuban President and ex-leader Raul and Fidel Castro. Chavez had not been seen or heard from since he went to Havana, Cuba on December 10 for treatment, in contrast to previous medical visits. He...
    February 18, 2013 21:19
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    Venezuela prison riot kills dozens: report
    A jail riot in southwestern Venezuela killed dozens of people on Friday, local media reported, the latest incident in the ongoing crisis in the South American nation’s crowded prisons. Violence broke out after news of an inspection to confiscate weapons at the Centro Occidental jail, Prisons Minister Iris Varela said in a statement, without providing a death toll. Local...
    January 26, 2013 22:31
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    Chavez ‘joking, giving orders’ says minister
    Venezuela’s top diplomat said that President Hugo Chavez was joking and giving orders, after disappearing from the public eye six weeks ago for cancer surgery in Cuba. Chavez designated Vice President Nicolas Maduro as his deputy before flying to Cuba for a fourth round of cancer surgery on December 11. He has not been heard from since. Opposition members have demanded...
    January 22, 2013 16:41