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FIVE SIGNS THE US & VENEZUELA ARE STILL BESTIES (LIST)

In Latino, News on May 2, 2013 at 10:35 am
 FIVE SIGNS THE US & VENEZUELA ARE STILL BESTIES (LIST)5 signs Venezuela-US relations are still rocky after Chavez (via GlobalPost)

Nicolas Maduro was once Hugo Chavez’s top foreign diplomat. Now that he’s in charge, some of the vitriol persists. Girish Gupta CARACAS, Venezuela — Washington remains the only major government that has not yet recognized the results of Venezuela’s Apr. 14 vote, which election officials…


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7 DEAD, 61 INJURED, 135 ARRESTED IN VENEZUELAN POST ELECTION VIOLENCE (PHOTOS)

In Latino, News on April 18, 2013 at 12:29 am

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Venezuela is going through some shit right now. There is bloodshed and anti-government protests in the streets days after the South American and oil rich nation held its first election after the death of Hugo Chavez.  The winner of Tuesday’s election, Nicolas Maduro, 50, won by less than 300K votes. His challenger Henrique Caprilles, 40 and backed by the US and the Organization of American States, is demanding a recount.

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