Read more Hugo Chávez stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14768/hugo-chavez.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:51:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69037/chavez-in-russia-for-military-spending-spree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHugo Chávez arrived in Moscow today, where the Venezuelan president is reportedly ready for an arms "shopping spree." Chávez is ready to buy at least 100 tanks for $500 million, reports the Times of London, and a Kremlin aide said Venezuela may get loans for helicopters, submarines, and other military...http://www.newser.com/story/69037/chavez-in-russia-for-military-spending-spree.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 5:53:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68973/gaza-war-was-genocide-chavez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip earlier this year was perpetrated for the express purpose of killing Palestinians, says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Guardian reports. “The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly. What was it, if not genocide?” asked...http://www.newser.com/story/68973/gaza-war-was-genocide-chavez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 11:39:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68744/joe-kennedys-links-to-chavez-could-hobble-senate-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoe Kennedy II’s chance of winning his uncle’s Senate seat may be complicated by his ties Hugo Chávez, the Boston Herald reports. Joe II’s Citizens Energy charity, which delivers oil to needy US households, is almost completely dependent on the Venezuelan leader’s largesse. Over the past 2 years, the nonprofit...http://www.newser.com/story/68744/joe-kennedys-links-to-chavez-could-hobble-senate-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 16:10:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66828/birther-queen-has-some-bees-in-her-bonnet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama or one of his operatives has tried to kill birther leader Orly Taitz many times—according to Taitz. The lawyer/dentist/real estate agent gives Gabriel Winant of Salon an earful of accusations, including: Obama may have had his gay lovers killed. Taitz says a few homosexuals from Obama’s church...http://www.newser.com/story/66828/birther-queen-has-some-bees-in-her-bonnet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 11:48:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66782/bourgeois-golf-courses-tee-off-chavez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHugo Chávez has gone after oil conglomerates and media companies, and now he's hitting the capitalist pigs where it hurts: at the golf course. The Venezuelan president is trying to shut down the country's best-known courses, which he believes are part of an anti-Marxist conspiracy, the Independent reports. "Let's leave...http://www.newser.com/story/66782/bourgeois-golf-courses-tee-off-chavez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 9:20:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65139/baseball-hall-pass-means-cushy-retirement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis weekend, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice are headed for baseball’s Hall of Fame—and a life without financial headaches, the Wall Street Journal reports. Retired players make money with autographs, speeches, and endorsements, and a place in Cooperstown means their values skyrocket. “‘HoF’ after a signature is the single...http://www.newser.com/story/65139/baseball-hall-pass-means-cushy-retirement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 14:40:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64664/chavez-ousted-prez-back-to-honduras-in-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOusted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya will return to the country “in the coming hours,” Hugo Chavez says. “We're behind him, we have to support him,” the Venezuelan leader said ahead of crisis talks hosted by Costa Rica’s president this weekend, Reuters reports. “This is a country where almost all the...http://www.newser.com/story/64664/chavez-ousted-prez-back-to-honduras-in-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 13:12:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64099/five-leaders-who-liked-bush-better.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot all foreign leaders prefer Barack Obama to George W. Bush. Joshua Keating of Foreign Policy lists five heads of state who probably miss Dubya: Silvio Berlusconi. "The conservative Christian from Texas and the lecherous billionaire" were good buddies; Bush hosted the Italian president often at his ranch and declined...http://www.newser.com/story/64099/five-leaders-who-liked-bush-better.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 5:12:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63360/us-ambassador-returns-to-venezuela.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe American ambassador to Venezuela is back in Caracas 9 months after Hugo Chavez sent him packing, AFP reports. The diplomat was expelled after Chavez alleged that America was trying to undermine Bolivia's leftist government, one of his key allies. Venezuela's ambassador to the US, who was booted out soon...http://www.newser.com/story/63360/us-ambassador-returns-to-venezuela.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 7:51:01 CDT