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# crisis
'Venezuela was beautiful once... It wasn’t until the very end that we realised we were losing everything'
Amanda Coakley interviews Venezuelans in Cali, Colombia
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May 6th 2019, 10:00 PM
# Election
Chavez heir wins Venezuela vote - but opposition refuses to concede
Nicolas Maduro, who had been acting president since the death of Hugo Chavez, won 50.66 per cent of the vote last night.
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Apr 15th 2013, 7:46 AM
# Venezuela
Plan to put Chavez's body on display 'may be impossible'
The acting president of Venezuela said preparatory steps to put Hugo Chavez’s body on display should have been taken much earlier.
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Mar 14th 2013, 10:54 AM
# Sorry
Spanish newspaper apologises for fake Chavez hospital picture
El Pais published a photograph it said was of ailing president Hugo Chavez in his hospital bed – provoking a furious reaction from Venezuela.
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Jan 24th 2013, 10:22 PM
# El Presidente
Venezuela cancels New Year's Eve parties as Chavez takes turn for the worse
The Venezuelan president has developed new complications from an infection after undergoing his latest round of cancer-related surgery.
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Dec 31st 2012, 4:09 PM
# El Presidente
Chavez suffered 'complications' but recovering, his aides say
The leader of Venezuela underwent treatment for cancer in Cuba earlier this week.
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Dec 14th 2012, 7:31 AM
# El Presidente
Chavez returns from Cuba after cancer treatment
The Venezuelan president said he was very happy to be back but did not elaborate on his health.
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Dec 7th 2012, 12:00 PM
# Venezuela
Six more years: Chavez wins fourth term as Venezuela's president
Facing his sternest test yet, the socialist leader saw off the challenge of Henrique Capriles in yesterday’s election and could now complete 20 years in office.
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Oct 8th 2012, 7:59 AM
# El Presidente
Poll open in Venezuela in tough election for Chavez
Hugo Chavez has been in power for almost 14 years – but his opponent in the presidential election is in a statistical dead heat with the president in opinion polls.
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Oct 7th 2012, 12:05 PM
# Pick That Out
Pick that out: Dorlan Pabón's Copa Libertadores wonderstrike
We’ve been treated to a lot of special goals this season and the Nacional midfielder has just chalked up another one.
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Apr 11th 2012, 11:30 AM
# Venezuela
Chavez makes energetic homecoming after surgery
The Venezuelan president rallied thousands of supporters who welcomed him home after receiving cancer treatment in Cuba.
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Mar 17th 2012, 9:12 PM
# hugo chavez
Hugo Chavez flies to Cuba for 'urgent' cancer treatment
The Venezuelan leader says he will still run in October’s presidential election despite the recurrence of his illness.
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Feb 27th 2012, 2:09 PM