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2 min ago | Newsday

Venezuela election: Henrique Capriles

Henrique Capriles Radonski is a young lawyer who has won every election he has contested and has enjoyed a meteoric rise through the political ranks.

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Related Topix: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, World News

1 hr ago | Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Phil start things in Caracas

After the end of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's excitable and radiant performance Saturday night atTeatro Teresa CarreA o of Mahler's hauntingly elegiac Ninth Symphony,Gustavo Dudamel stopped to sign autographsfor screaming fans who ran up to the foot of the stage of Caracas' main concert hall.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel, Symphony, Arts, South America, Hugo Chavez

6 hrs ago | The Las Vegas Sun

Conn. fraud lawsuit details bribery in Venezuela

A Connecticut hedge fund adviser carried out a $500 million fraud scheme with help from people in Venezuela, including a manager at the state-owned oil company, according to lawsuits seeking the return of tens of millions of dollars in what they say are bribes and kickbacks.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Stamford, CT, Hugo Chavez

12 hrs ago | Green Left Weekly

GLW issue number 910

Member countries of Latin America's alternative integration bloc, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America , met for its 11th summit in Caracas on February 4 and 5 to discuss advancing the organisation.

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Related Topix: Venezuela, Journalism, Australia,

17 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Venezuelans: Will Chavez's challenger pose threat?

Outmatched time and again at the polls by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan's opposition leaders are trying a new strategy to unseat the populist leader this year, holding the nation's first presidential primary to choose the strongest challenger.

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Related Topix: South America, Venezuela, World News, Hugo Chavez,

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Daily-Jeff.com

Oil spill fouls river in eastern Venezuela

Shenandoah, Meadowbrook, Barnesville girls register victories Lady Zeps take third in OVAC 3A; Lady Colts win at buzzer; Hunkler scores 36 for Lady 'Rocks CARACAS, Venezuela -- Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline has blackened a river in eastern Venezuela, and the state oil company said workers are containing the spill.

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Related Topix: Venezuela, World News

CBS News

Venezuela deports paramilitary warlord to Colombia

Colombia's Hector Buitrago, aka "Martin Llanos", is escorted by National Guard officers during his deportation to Colombia at the Simon Bolivar airport in Maiquetia, near Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb.

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CNN

Venezuelan primary candidates aim to end Chavez rule

Venezuelan candidate of the opposition Democratic Unity coalition for the upcoming primary elections, Henrique Capriles Radonski, delivers a speech during press conference in Caracas on February 7, 2012.

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Related Topix: Venezuela, World News, Hugo Chavez

Fri Feb 10, 2012

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Alicia Castro raises the heat in London

The Falklands is the world's most hotly-disputed off-grid territory. Now, just as the UN Secretary-General exhorts Britain and Argentina to step down from the sabre rattling, a new player has appeared, in the form of Trade Union activist and bon viveur, Alicia Castro .

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Related Topix: Venezuela, World News, Hugo Chavez

SFGate

To make women safe, we treat them like children

The domestic-violence case against San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi did not start with a call from wife Eliana Lopez, or neighbors who heard a fight getting out of control at the family's home on New Year's Eve day.

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Albany Times Union

Chavez foe seeks public worker support for primary

A supporter greets presidential opposition candidate Pablo Perez, center, at a campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday Feb.

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Related Topix: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, World News

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Ledger-Enquirer.com

L.A. Philharmonic heads to Venezuela with hopes, fears

When Deborah Borda, president of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, talks about her orchestra's 10-day concert tour to Venezuela that begins Friday, she uses two pointed descriptive terms.

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Related Topix: Classical, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mahler, Gustav Mahler, World News, Venezuela, Symphony, Arts

York Dispatch

Conn. fraud lawsuit details bribery in Venezuela

A Connecticut hedge fund adviser carried out a $500 million fraud scheme with help from people in Venezuela, including a manager at the state-owned oil company, according to lawsuits seeking the return of tens of millions of dollars in what it says are bribes and kickbacks.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Stamford, CT, Hugo Chavez

Pravda

ALBA: Stepping stone for Latin American independence and unity

By Olivia Kroth Sources: Blog Hugo Chavez, Correo del Orinoco, Patria Grande, Venezuelanalysis ALBA, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America , was established in 2004.

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Related Topix: Hugo Chavez, South America, Bolivia, World News, Venezuela, Raul Castro, Daniel Ortega

The Las Vegas Sun

Chavez foe convinced of winning opposition primary

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles is heading into Venezuela's first opposition primary warning that Hugo Chavez's foes must choose a strong candidate if they want to win back the presidency and halt the country's slide into chaos.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Prison,

PR-inside.com

"The Pharmaceutical Market: Venezuela" is now available at Fast Market Research

Politically, the president Hugo Chavez, who is battling cancer, is focusing his efforts on the next presidential election, which will take place in December 2012.

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Related Topix: Hugo Chavez, World News, Venezuela, Social Security, Personal Finance

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Latin America News

Designer Carolina Herrera says fashion is 'all about your eye'

She never dreamt of being a household name, but designer Carolina Herrera has found the type of success most designers dream of.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Fashion, Balenciaga, Designers

Examiner.com

Eugenio Espinoza at CIFO Art Space

Tomorrow, Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 7PM CIFO Art Space in Midtown Miami will have a guided tour with Venezuelan artist Eugenio Espinoza.

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Rabble

Facts, interpretations and Chavez

Modern social science's essence lies in its purpose, articulated in the 19th century, to expound a meticulous, secular knowledge of reality that is somehow corroborated by empirical research.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science, World News, Venezuela, Opinion

Tue Feb 07, 2012

All About Jazz

Luis Perdomo: Focus Point

Branford Marsalis is always saying that Miguel Zenon, Yosvany Terry, Dafnis Prieto, David Sanchez, Danilo Perez and myself are changing the way Latin jazz is perceived.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Branford Marsalis, Jazz, Danilo Perez, David Sanchez, World News, Venezuela, Classical, Manhattan School of Music

 

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