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UPDATED: A renewed sense of democratic optimism produced a high turnout on Sunday for a primary election to select the Venezuelan opposition's presidential challenger.
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Venezuela's presidential election has been moved back a month. The government had originally scheduled it for April; but on Thursday the National…
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The initial vote count shows Nicolas Maduro with a scant edge over challenger Henrique Capriles. Maduro, who was Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, had been expected to win easily.
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Join us for an hour of conversation about the week's news on The Florida Roundup, live at noon on WLRN. Here's what we're watching:Miami-Dade strikes a…
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A not-so-funny thing happened earlier this week to Venezuelan humorist Laureano Marquez. He was kidnapped just before a scheduled interview with NPR. After being released unharmed, Marquez talks to Morning Edition about his ordeal and about politics in Caracas ahead of Sunday's presidential election.
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Although Venezuela has a rich literary culture, its writers remain largely unknown outside of the country. Marcela Valdes traces the intersection of literature and politics in the large Caribbean nation, showing the forces that have kept Venezuelan writers from getting the praise they deserve.
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Ahead of this weekend's election to elect a successor to the late President Hugo Chavez, Morning Edition visits a poor neighborhood that was a center of support for Chavez during his 14 years in power.
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During his presidency, Hugo Chavez gave Venezuelan consumers cheap gasoline. He propped up the Cuban regime, and he offered oil on preferential terms to 18 regional countries. But Chavez died before he had to confront the economic and political problems certain to plague his successor.
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This Sunday, Venezuelans return to the polls for yet another presidential election.This vote is to replace the late Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer last…
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Absentee ballots. Polling centers open for days on end. Early voting. All of these are ways in which Americans can vote for their nation’s elections. So…
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We were once again in the center of the political universe, but perhaps for all the wrong reasons as the state that can't vote straight. It was also the…
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2012 may be remembered in Latin American for what didn't happen more than for what actually did, especially in Venezuela and Cuba.VENEZUELAThe year began…