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Venezuela opposition seeks return home for exiles

Source: WVEC.com, Nov 23 2012, 6:07pm CST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition lawmakers have drawn up a list of prisoners they consider to be wrongly jailed and want freed, and are also demanding that dozens of government opponents living in exile should be ...

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Humala's approval rating in Peru slips to 6-month low

Source: Reuters  |   May 19 2013, 11:45am CDT

LIMA May 19 (Reuters) - President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell 5 points to a six-month low of 46 percent, reflecting the unpopularity of his proposal to buy an oil refinery owned by Spain's Repsol and his support f ...

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Dissident ex-general released in Venezuela

Source: The State  |   May 18 2013, 6:08pm CDT

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential election. Retired Gen. Antonio Rivero said he would "ta ...

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Soldiers fan out to combat Venezuelan violence

Source: AZ starnet.com  |   May 18 2013, 2:02am CDT

PETARE, Venezuela - Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas. Flashlights in his face, the driver steps ...

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Venezuela president claims Jewish roots

Source: Ynetnews  |   May 18 2013, 12:27am CDT

VIDEO – Venezuela’s new President Nicolas Maduro has scoffed at accusations that the country’s leadership is hostile to Jews, explaining that he himself has roots in Judaism. Maduro, who has succeeded the late Hugo Chavez, said that his grandparents ...

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Venezuela's Military Enters High-crime Slums

Source: THISDAY LIVE  |   May 17 2013, 11:02pm CDT

A National Guard soldier frisks a man outside his car at a checkpoint that is part of the "Secure Homeland" initiative Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawl ...

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Venezuela: A House Divided

Source: Mike Hitchen Online  |   May 17 2013, 10:52pm CDT

Source: International Crisis Group Legal challenges to the close 14 April presidential election and the government’s reluctance to commit to a full review cast a shadow over the sustainability of the new administration in an already deeply polaris ...

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Venezuela frees opposition activist jailed over post-vote violence

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 17 2013, 8:17pm CDT

Retired General Antonio Rivero speaks during an interview with Reuters in Caracas April 27, 2010. CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela on Friday released an opposition activist that had been jailed on accusations of inciting violence in the wake of President N ...

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Film on Sexual Abuse Wins at Colombia-Venezuela Festival

Source: Inter Press Service  |   May 17 2013, 4:40pm CDT

SAN CRISTÓBAL, Venezuela , May 17 2013 (IPS) - A Venezuelan movie about a young deaf woman who is sexually abused by her stepfather, “Brecha en el silencio” (Breach in the Silence), took top prize at the second Colombia-Venezuela film festival ...

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Venezuela Faces Toilet Paper Shortage

Source: Time Magazine  |   May 17 2013, 3:43pm CDT

Supermarket staff work next to partially empty shelves of toilet paper in Caracas May 16, 2013. Venezuelans are used to going without staples like milk, coffee and butter, thanks to the country’s frequent food shortages. But now they’re dealing with a mu ...

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'Zero error' in Venezuelan poll results

Source: Morning Star Online  |   May 17 2013, 3:24pm CDT

With 75 per cent of the vote now audited, the level of accuracy in the first set of results had hit 99.98 per cent, it announced today. The audit came about after loser Henrique Capriles claimed fraud in the April presidential ...

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