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CARACAS: Venezuela's government mobilized behind Hugo Chavez's image on Saturday as the opposition complained that campaign rules were being ignored on the eve of a vote to choose a successor to the late leader.Although the campaign officially ended late Thursday, acting President Nicolas Maduro has regularly appeared on state-run television, calling on voters to flock to the polls Sunday and vowing to carry on his mentor's socialist revolution.Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, who accused the government of unfairly using state media and funds during the campaign, wrote on Twitter that channel VTV was "shamelessly violating the electoral rules."Maduro planned to visit the Caracas hillside barracks where Chavez was laid to rest to commemorate the creation of a civilian militia formed by the late president after a short-lived coup against him in April 2002.The event will "celebrate Chavez's return to power" 11 years ago on April 13, when loyal troops brought him ...
CARACAS: Argentine football icon Diego Maradona visited the tomb of his friend Hugo Chavez on Friday and urged Venezuelans to elect the late leftist leader's designated successor in this weekend's presidential election.Wearing a white shirt and donning diamonds in each ear, Maradona called on Venezuelans to vote for acting President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday to continue the socialist leader's legacy."Continue the struggle," Maradona said on state-run television after visiting the marble tomb in an old ...
LIMA: At least 26 people died and seven others were injured early Saturday after a bus plunged 200 meters (650 feet) down a ravine in northern Peru, police said.The bus veered off a mountain road near the town of Otuzco some 570 kilometers (350 miles) north of Lima."So far, we've recovered 26 bodies, and seven people have been hurt," said Asto Moreno, an official with Otuzco's police force.Authorities blamed the region's treacherous, winding roads, the ...
MIAMI: By plane, train and automobile, Venezuelans in the southern United States head this weekend to their national consulate in the city of New Orleans to vote in Sunday's presidential election.The election pits acting President Nicolas Maduro, who has vowed to continue the leftist policies of the late Hugo Chavez, against unified opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.Tens of thousands of Venezuelans live in the United States. Many of them fled their country in disagreement over the ...
TAMPA: Cuba allowed US authorities to land a plane in Havana and retrieve an American couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons and sailing to the communist island with them, Florida officials said.The FBI plane returned to Tampa, Florida, early on Wednesday with Joshua Michael Hakken, his wife, Sharyn Hakken, their sons, 4-year-old Cole and 2-year-old Chase, and the family dog, a Hillsborough County Sheriff's spokesman said.The parents, who had lost custody of their ...
SANTIAGO: A Chilean court suspended construction of what would be one of the world's biggest gold mines on Wednesday, accepting a complaint filed by indigenous groups on environmental grounds.The project was launched in 2009 by Canadian mining company Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold producer, after an initial investment of $8 billion.It plans to spend $8.5 billion more on the unfinished Pascua Lama mine, which straddles the Chile-Argentina border at an altitude of 4,000 meters ...
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