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		<title>ICYMI: To Venezuelans, Heir of Chavez Is a Poor Copy</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/power-abuse/icymi-to-venezuelans-heir-of-chavez-is-a-poor-copy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times
October 2, 2013
By William Neuman
Courtesy of: The New York Times
CARACAS, Venezuela — The start of the season for two premier teams in this baseball-loving nation was thrown into doubt after thieves stripped vast amounts of copper wire from the lights in this city’s main stadium. Basic items are]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Chavez’s Inflation Bites His Successor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal
August 25, 2013
By Mary O&#8217;Grady
Courtesy of: European Pressphoto Agency
Hyperinflation and political witch hunts seem to go together. Just ask the Venezuelan opposition.
With the bolivar collapsing and prices spiraling higher, the government alleged this month that its No. 1 adversary, former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, is linked to a]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It…Articles Roundup Week of 8/23/13</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: El Universal
This week: Nicolás Maduro tries to pass an Enabling Law, which would grant him increased decree powers in his alleged fight against corruption; and Henrique Capriles says that if they law was somehow passed, Venezuelans would disregard it. The Venezuelan government hurls anti-gay slurs at the opposition as part of their]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Venezuela Government Under Fire for Anti-Gay Slurs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal
August 15, 2013
By Kejal Vyas and Ezequiel Minaya
Courtesy of: Reuters
CARACAS—Venezuela&#8217;s leftist government, which often touts its social inclusion and antidiscrimination policies, is under fire from rights groups after a tirade of antigay slurs in the National Assembly, prompting President Nicolas Maduro to take to the airwaves waving a conciliatory gay-pride flag—before]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Venezuela Opposition Comes Under Siege</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/press-freedom/icymi-venezuela-opposition-comes-under-siege/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal
August 9, 2013
By José de Córdoba and Ezequiel Minaya
Courtesy of: Associated Press
CARACAS—Venezuela&#8217;s President Nicolás Maduro, the political heir to late populist Hugo Chávez, is ratcheting up intimidation of his political foes as his government prepares for key municipal elections amid a deteriorating economy.
Oscar López, a senior aide to]]></description>
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		<title>Nicolas Maduro’s Embarrassing Week</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/e-alert/nicolas-maduros-embarrassing-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: Associated Prses
The presidency of former bus driver Nicolás Maduro began inauspiciously, his government using intimidation and threats to consolidate power.  Now, two months after he claimed victory in an election fraught by irregularities, things have only gotten worse for Maduro. The aftermath of Venezuela’s election controversy have caused Maduro to lose support]]></description>
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		<title>With the Economy in Dire Straits, Maduro Scapegoats a Beloved Venezuelan Company</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/e-alert/with-the-economy-in-dire-straits-maduro-scapegoats-a-beloved-venezuelan-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: El Universal
Nicolás Maduro and his socialist government cannot claim that they were not warned. Economists have long predicted that a Venezuelan economy propped up by excessive borrowing and an unsustainably high oil market would collapse spectacularly. Hugo Chávez, his cancer kept at bay just long enough to secure reelection, spent enough borrowed]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 5/10/13</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 18:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Reuters
This week: The Venezuelan government starts an expanded audit of the disputed April 14 presidential election as Henrique Capriles files a legal challenge of the results; the Obama administration continues to monitor Venezuela’s crackdown on political opposition; Nicolás Maduro reacts angrily to Barack Obama’s comments about the political crisis in Venezuela; the]]></description>
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		<title>Nicolás Maduro off to an inauspicious start as Venezuela’s dubiously-elected president</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 19:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: Agence France Presse
Almost immediately after Venezuela’s partisan electoral authority declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of last month’s presidential election, he and his ruling PSUV party faced a choice that may yet define Venezuela’s future for years to come. Reports of thousands of irregularities in the voting process, including suspicions of fraud, sparked]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 5/03/13</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: EPA
This week: Venezuela stumbles deeper into political chaos after a bloody brawl in Congress; Venezuela’s opposition asks for an investigation into the brawl on the floor of Congress that injured several of its lawmakers and caused at least one of them to undergo surgery; Venezuela’s government charges a US filmmaker for allegedly]]></description>
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