Venezuelan Voters to Decide Whether to Continue Chavez Rule As Sunday's election nears, President Chavez has stepped up new government building projects in Caracas that provide jobs and free housing to the poor. By using Venezuela's vast oil resource

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十月)

Cesar Chavez was a Mexican-American labour leader and civil rights activist. He was a farm worker who co-founded the biggest farm workers union in the USA and improved the working conditions of thousands of farm labourers. Many see him as one of Amer

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Oscar-Nominated 'Hugo' Centers on Movie Magic Once upon a time I met a boy named Hugo Cabret. He searched to find a secret message and that message lit his way all the way home. Hugo is an orphan who lives in the shadows of a busy Paris train station

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Chavez Says He Will Continue to Speak Out Against Imperialism First news conference At his first news conference since winning re-election and after recovering from three cancer-related surgeries since 2011, President Chavez was in good spirits. The

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Venezuela-US Relations Unlikely to Change After Chavez The death of President Chavez is being mourned by his supporters, while many inside and outside Venezuela wonder what the future holds. A commanding and charismatic figure in life, Chavez played

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Latin America's Left Sees Void After Chavez In death, as in life, Hugo Chavez won acclaim from the leaders of Latin America's new left, united in their opposition to what they see as U.S. domination of the region. For them, the late Venezuelan leader

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Venezuelans Vote for Chavez Successor Early on this election day the voting lines were shorter than expected in some parts of Caracas. Nicolas Maduro, the successor to the popular Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer last month, is counting on a high turn

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Chavez Spirit Lives On in Venezuelan Election Campaign An eternal flame marks the entrance of the National Pantheon, where the late President Hugo Chavez's body has been laid to rest. Every day, hundreds of his most loyal supporters, like Milagros Ro

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Venezuelan authorities are now conceding President Hugo Chavez is dealing with a severe lung infection. Ernesto Villegas is the Information Minister. After the delicate surgery of this past December 11, Comandante Chavez has faced complications as a

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

By Brian Wagner Miami 18 December 2007 In 2007, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez opened new fronts in his efforts to transform the oil-producing nation into a socialist state. The former paratrooper failed to win approval for constitutional reforms

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CARACAS, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The just re-elected president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, in his address after his confirmation, said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will still be the President beyond January 1

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By David Gollust Washington 09 January 2007 The U.S. State Department Tuesday expressed skepticism about the industrial Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez laughs at the swearing ceremony of new ministers in Caracas, 8 Jan 2007 nationalization plans o

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CARACAS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- So far 10 leaders from foreign countries have confirmed attendance of the state funeral for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Nearly all the leaders will arrive here tomorrow to attend

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CARACAS, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government confirmed Tuesday that President Hugo Chavez will not be able to be sworn-in Thursday, Jan. 10, as the Constitution stipulates. The president of the National Assembly Diosdado Cabello read a lette

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CARACAS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro Tuesday said President Hugo Chavez is making progress in recovering from his recent cancer surgery in Havana, Cuba. We can say that our commander is climbing the hill, he is advan

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By Brian Wagner Caracas 02 December 2007 A leading U.S. senator has rejected allegations by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that Washington is seeking to destabilize the South American nation. In Caracas, VOA's Brian Wagner reports Mr. Chavez is in

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The government has declared seven days of national mourning to commemorate the socialist leader. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles has also offered his condolences and appealed for unity. Hugo Chavez passed away at the age of 58 on Tuesday afternoo

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CARACAS, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's top athletes gathered at a church Sunday to pray for their ailing president, Hugo Chavez, one of their most steadfast supporters, the Venezuelan News Agency (AVN) reported. Chavez is our main athlete, weightlif

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CARACAS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Venezuelan mourners took to the streets of Caracas Wednesday, as the coffin carrying the body of late President Hugo Chavez proceeded through the city. The funeral march starts from the Military Hospi

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Photos showing Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez alongside his daughters in Havana have been released. The photos depict Chavez leaning on a bed, a blue pillow behind his head. He smiles broadly, while his daughters Rosa and Maria lean in close to him

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