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Costa Rica spokesman resigns amid Chinchilla flight scandal
ReutersBy Isabella Cota SAN JOSE, May 15 (Reuters) - Costa Rica's communications chief resigned on Wednesday amid a scandal engulfing President Laura Chinchilla, saying he failed to properly screen a man who arranged for her to use a private jet and is under...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru
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Peru foreign minister quits over health after Venezuela spat
ReutersLIMA (Reuters) - Peru's foreign minister has resigned, the government said on Wednesday, days after he was criticized for contributing to a diplomatic spat with Venezuela. Rafael Roncagliolo, 68, resigned "strictly because of health reasons," the...Tags: Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela, Government Ministers, Politics, Government
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Peru foreign minister quits over health after Venezuela spat-report
ReutersLIMA, May 15 (Reuters) - Peru's foreign minister has resigned for health reasons, local media reported on Wednesday, days after he was criticized for contributing to a diplomatic spat with Venezuela. Rafael Roncagliolo submitted his resignation to...Tags: Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela, Politics, Peru, Ecuador
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Venezuela's Maduro buries hatchet with billionaire businessman
ReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Socialist leader Nicolas Maduro and the billionaire boss of Venezuela's biggest private company have buried the hatchet after a war of words over food shortages and other economic problems in the South American nation. Perpetuating...Tags: Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela, Class Conflict, Consumer Goods Industries, Government
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Venezuela's last major opposition TV station is sold
CARACAS, Venezuela — The sale of Globovision, Venezuela's last major television station critical of the government, raised concern Tuesday that no mass media platform may remain on which to challenge the Chavista administration of President...Tags: Nicolas Maduro, Radio, Venezuela, Caracas (Venezuela), Media Industry
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Costa Rica president's private jet use prompts investigation
ReutersSAN JOSE, Costa Rica, May 14 (Reuters) - Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla came under pressure on Tuesday after the government admitted she had used a private jet owned by a foreign oil company, prompting an investigation by the attorney general's...Tags: Justice System, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Costa Rica, Peru
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Venezuela's Maduro sends military to fight crime in Caracas streets
Reuters* One of the world's most violent countries in 2012 * Rights groups question military crime-fighting credentials By Enrique Andres Pretel CARACAS, May 13 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday sent some 3,000 troops into the...Tags: Venezuela, Caracas (Venezuela), Crime, Law and Justice, Television Industry, Politics
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Venezuelan food firm tells Maduro government to boost output
ReutersBy Brian Ellsworth CARACAS, May 13 (Reuters) - Venezuela's top food producer, Empresas Polar, on Monday challenged the country's socialist government to boost output of basic staples and ease nagging product shortages, rejecting accusations it is...Tags: Nicolas Maduro, Class Conflict, Consumer Goods Industries, Politics, Government
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Venezuela's Maduro gets firm Brazilian backing, trade
ReutersBRASILIA, May 9 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro got strong backing from regional heavyweight Brazil on Thursday on a tour of South American allies to cement his legitimacy as political heir to the late Hugo Chavez. The clear endorsement...Tags: Venezuela, Brasilia (Brazil), Politics, Dilma Rousseff, Science and Technology
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Recriminations over post-vote violence stoke Venezuela tensions
ReutersBy Diego Ore CARACAS, May 8 (Reuters) - Residents of La Limonera neighborhood in Venezuela's capital Caracas are still on edge and in mourning after a wave of post-election violence that killed two people in their community. Neighbors of the low-...Tags: Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela, Caracas (Venezuela), Broken Nose, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama says U.S. watching 'crackdowns' on Venezuela opposition
ReutersMay 3 (Reuters) - The United States is watching "crackdowns on the opposition" in Venezuela, President Barack Obama said in a television interview aired on Friday when asked if he considered newly elected Nicolas Maduro to be the country's legitimate...Tags: Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela, Barack Obama, Mexico, Government
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Venezuela's Maduro says Colombia's Uribe plotting to kill him
ReutersCARACAS, May 3 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday said Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe was plotting to kill him, adding to a deluge of accusations by the former bus driver in recent months. "Uribe is behind a plot to kill me,"...Tags: Trade Dispute, Venezuela, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe
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