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10 Things to Know for Monday 
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday
April 14, 2013
Venezuelans choose between Chavez heir, new path
Voters chose Sunday between the hand-picked successor who campaigned to carry on Hugo Chavez's self-styled socialist revolution and an emboldened second-time challenger who warned that the late president's regime has Venezuela on the road to ruin.
By Alexandra Olson and Frank Bajak , April 14, 2013
Lead narrows for Chavez heir amid crime, shortages
Nicolas Maduro hopes to ride a tide of grief into Venezuela's special presidential election Sunday and win voters' endorsement to succeed the late Hugo Chavez, the divisive larger-than-life leader who chose him to carry on the messy, unfinished Chavista revolution.
By Alexandra Olson , April 13, 2013
A day of tears after Chavez death in Venezuela
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By the hundreds of thousands, Hugo Chavez's tearful supporters carried their dead president through streets still plastered with his smiling image, an epic farewell to a larger-than-life leader remembered simply as "our commander."
By Paul Haven , March 06, 2013
Venezuela holds symbolic inauguration for Chavez
Venezuela gathered foreign allies and tens of thousands of exuberant supporters Thursday to celebrate a new term for a leader too ill to return home for a real swearing in.
By Christopher Toothaker and Ian James , January 10, 2013
Venezuela court: Chavez swearing-in can be delayed
Venezuela's Supreme Court chief said Wednesday that the upcoming inauguration of President Hugo Chavez can legally be postponed, siding with the government in a heated dispute with the opposition while the ailing leader struggles with complications a month after cancer surgery in Cuba.
By Fabiola Sanchez , January 09, 2013
Death of Chilean dimplomat's daughter, by police, causes outcry by Venezuelans
The killing of a Chilean diplomat's teenage daughter by police is reigniting concerns among Venezuelans about excessive force by officers and their alleged involvement in rampant violent crime.
By Ian James , March 18, 2012
Venezuela president faces another cancer surgery
President Hugo Chavez said today that doctors in Cuba have found a new lesion in the area where he had cancer surgery last year, and he will require surgery. The announcement throws new uncertainty over the country's politics because the socialist leader is seeking re-election this year, hoping to extend his more than 13 years in power.
By Fabiola Sanchez , February 21, 2012
First ever opposition presidential primary to be voted on today in Venezuela
Venezuelans lined up to vote on Sunday in the country's first-ever opposition presidential primary, choosing a single challenger they hope will have what it takes to finally defeat President Hugo Chavez after 13 years in office.
By Christopher Toothaker , February 12, 2012
Venezuelan river contaminated after oil spill
Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline has blackened a river in eastern Venezuela, and the state oil company said workers are containing the spill.
By Associated Press , February 11, 2012
UPDATE: Latin American, Caribbean leaders says world economy top worry
Leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean pledged closer ties to safeguard their economies from the world financial crisis as they formed a new bloc today including every nation in the hemisphere except the U.S. and Canada.
By Jorge Rueda and Ian James , December 03, 2011
Rescued baseball player Ramos thankful to be alive
VIDEO: Watch at bottom of articleHis eyes tearing up with emotion, Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos embraced his rescuers and said he had wondered whether he would survive a two-day kidnapping ordeal that ended when commandos swept into his captors' mountain hideout.
By Ian James and Jorge Rueda , November 12, 2011
Venezuelan justice minister says Wilson Ramos has been rescued
This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.
By Associated Press , November 11, 2011
Abduction in Venezuela of ex-Twins catcher Ramos shakens athletes, MLB
The Venezuelan government sent top investigators Thursday to hunt for Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, whose abduction has shaken Venezuela's elite athletes and focused attention on the nation's sharp rise in kidnappings for ransom. Washington acquired Ramos from the Minnesota Twins in a trade for All-Star relief pitcher Matt Capps in July 2010.
By Ian James and Jorge Rueda , November 11, 2011
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