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Stronger Support for Chavez, Opposition Turns Weaker

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Caracas, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) Most of the Venezuelan population supports President Hugo Chavez, faced with actions by an opposition that lacks solid grounds in its speeches and is disconnected from reality, said today Oscar Schemel, president of Hinterlaces. During his speech in Jose Vicente Hoy (Jose Vicente Today), a Televen television show, the president of that pollster highlighted the existence of a strong affective relation and also one that is rational and ideological between the people and the head of State.

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Chavez Congratulates his Cuban Counterpart Raul Castro

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Caracas, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, on Monday congratulated his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro for his ratification by the State Council. President Hugo Chavez, together with the people and government of Venezuela, sent its warmest congratulations to revolutionary leader Raul Castro, on his reelection as President of the Council of State of Cuba, said a statement from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry.

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Venezuelans March in Support of Democracy, Chavez

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Caracas, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan people will fill the streets of Caracas today in a march called by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), to celebrate the January 23, 1958 coup d’etat and in support of democracy and President Hugo Chavez. Social organizations, labor groups, parties and allied groups who are part of the Great Patriotic Pole, along with the people in general will participate in this great march known as “La toma de Caracas,” said Dario Vivas, national coordinator of the PSUV Mobilization.

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Venezuelan People Mobilize in Support of Chavez

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Caracas, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan people will rally today in front of the Miraflores Palace, seat of the Executive power, to express support for the government of President Hugo Chavez, convened by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Heads of State and leaders from 18 countries, including Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega, and Uruguay’s Jose Mujica, are expected to participate in this event.

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Growing Support and Solidarity for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

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Caracas, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) Demonstrations of support and solidarity with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is in Cuba to undergo a new surgery, are growing throughout Latin America. The Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) in El Salvador has expressed today its good wishes for a speedy recovery of the Venezuelan president. We express

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Ecuadorian President in Cuba to Visit Hugo Chavez

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Havana, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, arrived to Cuba today to visit his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, who will undergo here a new surgery. The head of state, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño, was welcomed at the Jose Marti International Airport, southwest of the capital, by the Minister of

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Venezuelans Support President Chavez

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Caracas, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan people expressed support to President Hugo Chavez on Sunday through messages in Twitter social network, following the announcement that he should undergo a new surgical intervention. Through Twitter tag #PalanteComandante, Venezuelan citizens expressed their wish for a prompt recovery to the president, who announced on radio and television

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Chavez Describes Elections as a Perfect Battle

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Caracas, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) President Hugo Chavez described today as impeccable, a perfect battle, the polls of October 7 in which he was re-elected for the term 2013-2019. In a press conference at the Ayacucho Hall of Miraflores Palace, Chavez said that day consolidated what he said after casting his vote: “If anyone wants to see a vigorous, honorable and sound democracy, he/she should come to Venezuela.”

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Chavez Calls to Work Together for Venezuela’s Peace Welfare

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Caracas, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) President Hugo Chavez described historic the Sunday elections, and called today for national unity and working together for the welfare and peace of this South American nation. From the so-called People’s Balcony at the Miraflores Palace, the president spoke to thousands of people who came there to celebrate his victory against his opposition candidate from the so-called Democratic Unity Table, Henrique Capriles.

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Chavez to Head Election Campaign Activities in Aragua, Carabobo

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Caracas, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will head a convoy and activities in the states of Carabobo and Aragua on Wednesday, with only one day left before the election campaign comes to an end and four days before the general elections take place. At the beginning of what he called the final offensive of the campaign, the head of State visited his home town of Sabaneta on Monday, in the state of Barinas, where thousands of supporters awaited him.