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    • Venezuela Police Halt TV Shutdown Protest - AOL News

      Posted by Jeff from AOL News

      The verdict is in - Hugo Chavez is not a good guy: "Police broke up an opposition protest using a water cannon and tear gas after hundreds took to the streets on Sunday condemning a decision by President Hugo Chavez to force Venezuela's most widely watched channel off the air."

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      Chavez: Rice deputy is ‘professional killer’

      Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

      “Who did they swear in ... there at the White House as deputy secretary of state? A professional killer: John Negroponte,” Chavez said. Chavez did not elaborate, but his government has previously accused Negroponte of playing a key role in the Contra war against the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua when he served as ambassador to Honduras...

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      Killings and Threats Rattle Journalists in Venezuela

      Posted by Jeff from New York Times

      Mr. Flores Rojas’s case has not been solved, and no evidence suggests the killing here and other incidents were orchestrated by Mr. Chávez’s government, whose political allies control this southeastern inland city. But the recent killings have heightened concern over the ability of journalists to do their jobs without retribution.

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      Chavez says he has White House informant

      Posted by Billbar from USA Today

      Citing what he said were warnings from an alleged White House informant, Chavez told thousands of supporters at a campaign rally that President Bush has ordered him to be killed before he leaves office in 2008. Bush "has said that before he goes, Hugo Chavez shouldn't be the president of Venezuela," Chavez told the crowd. "The president of the United States has said it, especially in recent days. What he doesn't know is that I have friends in the White House." The Venezuelan leader has claimed before that the U.S. government is out to kill him — allegations that U.S. officials deny.

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    Damianmann comments on:

    In Venezuela, Locking Up the Vote

    I always wonder what the Washington post is up to when they post these stories. Does anyone really believe that they tell us the truth?

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    4:41 pm 4/10/06
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