President Barack Obama is sending Vice President Joe Biden on a swing through Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago later this month. Which means two things: first, the prospect of off-the-cuff gaffes in three different …
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Venezuela’s Brawl Is the Latest Edition of Parliament Fight Club
The first rule of Parliament Fight Club is try not to be among the opposition. On the evening of April 30, members of Venezuela’s political opposition, including a former presidential candidate, were apparently roughed up by …
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Venezuela’s electoral body will audit the votes cast in the presidential election, almost 5 million people live in New Delhi’s illegal settlements and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is traveling to Russia
Venezuela’s Election: Even if Nicolás Maduro Won, He Lost
Here is the one unmistakable reality of Sunday’s special presidential election in Venezuela: even if Nicolás Maduro won, he lost. This race had a rarefied gauge, and it wasn’t simply the vote tally. It was whether the …
In Hugo Chávez’s Heartland, the Dead President Rules Supreme
Under the sweltering sun of Venezuela’s Los Llanos, a vast savannah famous for its cowboys and revolutionaries, 60-year-old Adán Chávez speaks passionately to a crowd of red-clad supporters. In his voice and rhetoric trembles …
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March is the deadliest month so far in Syria’s two-year conflict, Sudan orders the release of political prisoners, and Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party is planning to expand abroad
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dies, thousands flee their homes as violence grows in eastern DR Congo and David Beckham becomes China’s soccer ambassador
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China’s polluted waters is drawing attention from environmentalists and investors, the U.N. will not compensate Haiti cholera victims and Japanese Prime Minister visits the U.S.
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North Korea conducts its third nuclear test, Venezuela cuts the price of its national currency and planned peace talks in Afghanistan are in danger of collapse
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Argentina and Iran agree to form a commission to investigate a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires, Italy makes a new push to clamp down on suspected tax evaders and Brazil mourns the loss of over 200 lives in a nightclub tragedy
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David Cameron speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Moroccan government changes a law which allowed rapists to marry their victims, and plans are underway to build giant wind turbines across the Irish countryside
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Venezuela faces a shortage of staple foods, Romanian orphanages fail to provide life training for children and the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet is injured in an acid attack
Six More Years: Hugo Chávez Wins a Third Term in Venezuela
It was not as huge a rout as his previous victories, but the Venezuelan president knew how to turn on the electoral charm–and clout–despite a serious bout with cancer.