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				<title>Venezuela says no to Chavez</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/venezuela_says_no_to_chavez/</link>
				<description>Tensions had surged in recent weeks as university students led protests and occasionally clashed with police and Chavista groups.

Jose Miguel Gomez / ReutersOpponents of Venezuela's proposed constitutional changes celebrate their victory Sunday night.C</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-12-03 08:18:04</pubDate>
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					<name>MSNBC</name>
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					<rating>Interesting [8]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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				<title>Venezuela protest over TV issue</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/venezuela_protest_over_tv_issue/</link>
				<description>Tens of thousands of people are protesting in Venezuela this weekend as a TV station critical of the government is taken off the air.

President Hugo Chavez has refused to renew a licence for Radio Caracas TV, claiming the station actively tries to unde</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-05-26 23:19:11</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
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								<credibility>93</credibility>
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					<rating>Interesting [15]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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				<title>Venezuela exits IMF and World Bank</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/venezuela_exits_imf_and_world_ba/</link>
				<description>Chavez intends to set up a new lender run by Latin American nations which he has called the 'Bank of the South'.

He has pledged to support it with Venezuela's oil revenues.

Separately, Chavez also offered on Sunday to contribute $250m to a new reg</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-05-01 14:24:50</pubDate>
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					<name>Al Jazeera</name>
					<link>http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A9912111-2F84-46E8-AF39-5FFD33332E29.htm</link>
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								<credibility>90</credibility>
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					<rating>Interesting [7]</rating>
													<credibility>50</credibility>
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				<title>Chavez to Pull Venezuela From IMF, World Bank</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/chavez_to_pull_venezuela_from_im/</link>
				<description>President Hugo Chavez announced Monday he would formally pull Venezuela out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, a largely symbolic move since the nation has already canceled its debts to the lending institutions.

The leftist leader,</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-05-01 08:20:19</pubDate>
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					<name>FOX News</name>
					<link>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269310,00.html</link>
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					<rating>Important [15]</rating>
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				<title>Barbara Walters Interviews Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/barbara_walters_interviews_venez/</link>
				<description>ABC News' Barbara Walters sits down with President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela for an interview in which Chavez shares his views on the United States, President Bush and America's 2008 presidential elections.

Hugo Chavez made headlines across America when</description>
				<type>news</type>
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				<pubDate>2007-03-16 14:11:52</pubDate>
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					<name>ABC News</name>
					<link>http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2953838&amp;page=1&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</link>
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					<rating>Interesting [9]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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				<title>Venezuela to Seize Foreign Oil Projects</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/venezuela_to_seize_foreign_oil_p/</link>
				<description>President Hugo Chavez ordered by decree on Monday the takeover of oil projects run by foreign oil companies in Venezuela's Orinoco River region.

Chavez had previously announced the government's intention to take a majority stake by May 1 in four heavy</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-02-27 18:07:42</pubDate>
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					<name>My Way News</name>
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								<credibility>98</credibility>
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					<rating>Important [6]</rating>
													<credibility>90</credibility>
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				<title>Meat, Sugar Scarce in Venezuela Stores</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/meat_sugar_scarce_in_venezuela_s/</link>
				<description>Meat cuts vanished from Venezuelan supermarkets this week, leaving only unsavory bits like chicken feet, while costly artificial sweeteners have increasingly replaced sugar, and many staples sell far above government-fixed prices. President Hugo Chavez</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-02-09 14:54:03</pubDate>
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					<name>Washington Post</name>
					<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020801240.html</link>
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								<credibility>94</credibility>
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					<rating>Interesting [6]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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				<title>Chavez gets powers to rule by decree</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/chavez_gets_powers_to_rule_by_de/</link>
				<description>Venezuela's Congress on Wednesday granted President Hugo Chavez powers to rule by decree for 18 months as he tries to force through nationalizations key to his self-styled leftist revolution.</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-02-01 10:41:34</pubDate>
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					<name>Yahoo News</name>
					<link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070131/ts_nm/venezuela_chavez_dc_8</link>
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					<rating>Important [8]</rating>
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				<title>Venezuela moves to create single party</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/venezuela_moves_to_create_single/</link>
				<description>Venezuela's ruling party took the first step Monday toward creating a single pro-government party, a move opponents criticized as a push to consolidate more power in the hands of President Hugo Chavez after his landslide re-election.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-12-20 08:38:00</pubDate>
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					<name>Yahoo News</name>
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								<credibility>93</credibility>
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					<rating>Important [11]</rating>
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				<title>Crews seek missing Venezuela plane</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/crews_seek_missing_venezuela_pla/</link>
				<description>Rescue crews were sent Friday to find a commercial airliner carrying 46 people that disappeared in southwestern Venezuela. Officials feared the worst after residents reported hearing a crash in the mountains.

The flight was reported missing 30 minutes</description>
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				<pubDate>2008-02-22 08:21:32</pubDate>
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					<name>MSNBC</name>
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					<rating>Under Rated [1]</rating>
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				<title>Venezuela head outlines changes</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/venezuela_head_outlines_changes/</link>
				<description>President Hugo Chavez has presented his plans for changes to Venezuela's constitution, including an end to the presidential term limits.

Current rules mean Mr Chavez is unable to seek re-election and will have to step down when his term ends in 2012.</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-08-16 08:21:22</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
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				<title>US firms reject Venezuelan deal</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/us_firms_reject_venezuelan_deal/</link>
				<description>Two major US companies have rejected a deal that would keep them working in Venezuela's most important oil field, according to state oil firm PDVSA.

The government is taking over majority control of operations in the Orinoco Belt, as it extends state c</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-06-27 01:07:52</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
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					<rating>Interesting [4]</rating>
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				<title>Venezuela court backs TV seizure</title>
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				<description>Venezuela's top court has allowed the government to take control of private TV transmitters as it prepares to replace commercial with state-run TV.

Radio Caracas Television, a station critical of the government, is being forced to stop broadcasting on</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-05-26 10:25:45</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
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				<title>Venezuela plans to limit smoking</title>
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				<description>Venezuela will impose a limited smoking ban in bars and restaurants but has no plans to halt the production of cigarettes and tobacco, the health minister said Tuesday.

Starting May 31, lighting up in bars and restaurants throughout the heavy smoking c</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-05-16 09:38:57</pubDate>
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					<name>USA Today</name>
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					<rating>Interesting [3]</rating>
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				<title>Feds looking for a Chavez link in takeover of U.S. e-voting firm</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/feds_looking_for_a_chavez_link_i/</link>
				<description>The federal government is investigating the takeover last year of a leading U.S. manufacturer of electronic voting systems by a small software company that has been linked to the leftist government of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-10-29 22:30:13</pubDate>
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					<name>Houston Chronicle</name>
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				<title>Venezuela to give up UN candidacy for Bolivia: Morales</title>
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				<description>Venezuela has agreed to drop out of the hotly contested race for Latin America's open seat on the UN Security Council and asked Bolivia to run in its place, Bolivia's president said.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-10-25 08:10:42</pubDate>
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				<title>Venezuela a 'potential hub of terrorism' in Americas: US Congress report</title>
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				<description>US officials believe Venezuela is emerging as a &quot;potential hub of terrorism&quot; in the Americas, according to a congressional report.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-10-21 11:17:31</pubDate>
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				<title>Guatemala Leads Venezuela in U.N. Vote</title>
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				<description>U.S.-backed Guatemala held a substantial lead over Venezuela in an 11th round of voting Tuesday for a Latin American seat on the U.N. Security Council, but still fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to win.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-10-17 14:39:30</pubDate>
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				<title>Venezuela Is Denied Security Council Seat</title>
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				<description>Venezuela was stymied Monday in its bid to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council, a result that shocked diplomats who had expected President Hugo Chavez's leftist, oil-rich government to gain a platform on the international stage.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-10-17 00:17:29</pubDate>
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					<name>Washington Post</name>
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