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		<title>ICYMI: Capriles appeals to OAS human rights commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC News
September 9, 2013

Courtesy of: AFP
The defeated Venezuelan presidential candidate, Henrique Capriles, has filed a request at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to declare the April election void.
Mr Capriles alleges there was widespread fraud in the vote narrowly won by acting president Nicolas Maduro.
Last month, the Venezuelan Supreme Court]]></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 Gov’t Lawmaker Hurls Gay Slurs at Foes</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/human-rights/icymi-venezuela-govt-lawmaker-hurls-gay-slurs-at-foes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Associated Press
August 15, 2013
By Jorge Rueda
Courtesy of: La Patilla
Venomous political attacks have become the norm in Venezuela, and now a governing party legislator has unleashed a tirade in the country&#8217;s legislature using gay slurs in trying to discredit the opposition.
The lawmaker displayed photos in the National Assembly on Tuesday showing]]></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>
		<comments>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/press-freedom/icymi-venezuela-opposition-comes-under-siege/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it-articles-roundup-week-of-50313/</link>
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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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		<title>ICYMI: US Filmmaker Held in Venezuela Sought to Show Political Divide, Friends Say</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/power-abuse/icymi-us-filmmaker-held-in-venezuela-sought-to-show-political-divide-friends-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times
April 26, 2013
By María Eugenia Díaz and William Neuman
Courtesy of: Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela — Just a few weeks ago, Tim Tracy spoke of his time shooting a documentary in Venezuela as a rollicking adventure and a filmmaker’s dream. Now he is under arrest, accused by the Venezuelan government]]></description>
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		<title>In Chávez’s Absence, the Government Seeks to Dissipate Opposition with Fear</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/e-alert/in-chavezs-absence-the-government-seeks-to-dissipate-opposition-with-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: Agence France Presse
As is well documented, the Venezuelan government’s record on human rights has been substandard at best. For years, human rights watchdogs have criticized the government for consolidating power in the executive branch and using that power to intimidate, censor and prosecute those who criticize the president or his regime. During]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela’s Deadliest Prison Riot Provokes Outrage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: CNN
Conditions in Venezuelan prisons have long been known as dangerous and ruthless, among the worst in the hemisphere. But this weekend, in one of the deadliest prison clashes in the nation’s history, the world found out just how mismanaged Venezuela’s prison system really is. According to medical officials, 61 people were killed]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 1/18/13</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it-articles-roundup-week-of-11813/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
Courtesy of: Associated Press
This week: Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro travels to Cuba to meet ailing President Hugo Chávez, who has not been seen or heard in public for over five weeks; Maduro and other powerful Venezuelan officials meet with the Castro regime in Havana, angering Venezuela’s opposition; Brazil urges Venezuela’s government to follow]]></description>
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