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The week in photos: May 19-25, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
Up to 200,000 protesters march against Venezuela's Maduro
Increasing number of gunshot wounds are reported as protests turn violent Federal prosecutors say they are investigating the role of police and military personnel in the incidents
New 'party' Kilusang Pagbabago formed to protect Duterte
UPDATED Cabinet Secretary Jun Evasco is gathering President Rodrigo Duterte s supporters nationwide to form a mass movement that could potentially become a new political party
Why Duterte is not – and is unlikely to be – a socialist
Our Hugo Chavez? The new Philippine President may indeed wage a ‘revolution’ – but a ‘revolution’ to stabilize rather than challenge an oppressive social order
Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader ends hunger strike
We lift the hunger strike but the struggle continues he says
Venezuela's Maduro marks two years in power in tough times
In Venezuela you don t really live any more You survive You get by You work to get from one day to the next
Venezuela's Maduro hikes salaries by 30 percent
President Nicolas Maduro promised another increase for later this year
Anti-government protests return to Venezuela's streets
The marches are the latest in a spate of at times violent anti government unrest that erupted in February and has claimed at least 41 lives
Riot police, protesters clash in Venezuela
Hundreds of anti government activists marked Easter Sunday in Chacao by holding a peaceful march calling for the resurrection of democracy
Prepare to evacuate, Filipinos in Venezuela told
The Department of Foreign Affairs raises crisis alert level 2 in Venezuela because of anti government protests there
Maduro wants South America to meet on Venezuela crisis
The move came a day after the Venezuelan leader broke off relations with Panama following its call for a meeting of the rival Washington based Organization of American States
Venezuela marks year without Chavez amid protests
A year after socialist revolutionary Hugo Chavez s death Venezuela faces persistent opposition protests
Thousands protest ahead of Chavez anniversary
The demonstrators say they want to show that protesters are not just from the middle class and that the capital s poorer places are not all strongholds of the socialist government
More protests as Venezuela leader calls for talks with US
2nd UPDATE At least 9 people have been killed in the past two weeks in the wave of protests shaking the Maduro administration
Oliver Stone to make Chavez 'addendum,' not feature
Finished film will still be in line with director s progressive cinema
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7 dead in Venezuela post-election violence
The political crisis in the oil rich country deepened as protests swept parts of Caracas and other Venezuelan cities for a second day following a weekend election
Chavez heir wins Venezuela vote, opposition requests recount
UPDATE Venezuela s Maduro wins presidency with 50 66 of vote compared to 49 1 for opposition rival Henrique Capriles a difference of less than 300 000 votes
Venezuela votes to choose Chavez successor
UPDATE Venezuelans flocked to the polls Sunday April 14 to pick late leader Hugo Chavez s successor
Chavez heir Maduro vows probe into leader's death
Until the last second of his life he believed that he would live and he wanted to live Maduro told AFP in an exclusive interview
Capriles faces Chavez's ghost in Venezuela vote
Campaigning officially begins on April 2 but the candidates have already started courting votes in a highly confrontational pre campaign
Chavez successor leads opponent in Venezuela vote
The private Venezuelan pollster Hinterlaces said 53 percent of Venezuelans would vote for Maduro while 35 percent would vote for Capriles
Thousands make emotional trek to Chavez' tomb
Thousands of emotional supporters waited and wept Saturday March 16 after making a pilgrimage to the new tomb of former president Hugo Chavez
Venezuela election fight to succeed Chavez begins
UPDATE Venezuela was plunged into a bitter election fight to succeed Hugo Chavez with acting President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Henrique Capriles facing off
Venezuela sets first post-Chavez election for April 14
A recent survey by pollsters Hinterlaces gave Maduro a 14 point advantage over Capriles
Hugo Chávez: Legacy and lessons for us
Venezuela teaches us that revolution is a process not a one off rupture from the old to the new regime
Venezuela bids farewell to Chavez: 'Struggle goes on'
UPDATED Venezuela gave Hugo Chavez a lavish farewell at a state funeral Friday March 8 that brought some of the world s most notorious strongmen to tears with music prayers and a fiery speech by his successor
Chavez follows Stalin and Mao to waxy afterlife
Hugo Chavez will enter a waxy afterlife when he is embalmed and put on permanent display in Venezuela giving his backers a powerful propaganda tool to ensure his populist movement survives his death
Marcos' mortician offers to embalm Hugo Chavez
A Philippine mortician famous for putting dead dictator Ferdinand Marcos into a glass display case offered his services Friday to the deceased Hugo Chavez whom Venezuela wants embalmed like Lenin
World leaders at Chavez funeral: Who's Who of US foes
The late firebrand leftist cultivated close ties with a slew of anti US regimes over his 14 years in power trading weapons and oil to form an alternative bloc against the capitalist empire
Venezuelans begin emotional farewells to Chavez
UPDATE Hundreds of thousands waved flags and chanted Chavez lives as his hearse crawled across the capital in a seven hour trip from the hospital where he died to a military academy
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Venezuela says election to be called within 30 days
Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro will take over as interim president and an election will be called within 30 days the country s foreign minister said Tuesday
Chavez death: LatAm leaders mourn, US hopes for better ties
Latin America mourned the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday March 5 as the United States expressed hope his passing would lead to improved relations
Hugo Chavez dies at 58
UPDATE Chavez will be mourned by many of the country s poor and like minded Latin American leaders such as Raul Castro Rafael Correa and Evo Morales
VP: Chavez working during chemotherapy
Vice President Nicolas Maduro said that the 58 year old socialist leader who is convalescing in seclusion at a Caracas military hospital sent guidance to his cabinet as recently as Friday
Bolivia's Morales refused permission to see ailing Hugo Chavez
Doctors for ailing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez refused to let Bolivian President Evo Morales see his close ally when he went to Caracas this week Morales said Wednesday
Chavez back in Venezuela after cancer surgery
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns home after spending more than two months in Cuba for cancer surgery and treatment
Chavez pictures cheer supporters but questions remain
Although the photographs bring calm to some Venezuelans principally Chavez s supporters they are not a convincing element that points to the president s recovery and that he is capable of resuming his duties
Venezuela releases first photos of sick Chavez
Chavez was seen bed ridden but smiling in photos that gave a first glimpse of him since his fourth round of cancer surgery in December
Fidel Castro makes surprise appearance in Cuba
The 86 year old Castro cast his ballot at a school in Havana s El Vedado neighborhood on Sunday February 3 engaging in an animated give and take with reporters at the polling station and voters for more than an hour
Chavez joking, giving orders: Venezuelan minister
Venezuela s top diplomat said Monday January 21 that President Hugo Chavez was joking and giving orders after disappearing from the public eye six weeks ago for cancer surgery in Cuba
Quick, what's the capital of Venezuela? Havana?
Has Venezuela s capital and decision making process moved to Havana?
Chavez not in coma, responding well to treatment: brother
Ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is not in a coma and is responding well to cancer treatment in Cuba making daily progress
Venezuelans swear 'absolute loyalty' to Chavez
Thousands of Venezuelans attend a huge rally for their cancer stricken president
Ailing Chavez misses Venezuela inauguration rally
Vice President Nicolas Maduro hosted a meeting of leftist Latin America presidents and other foreign representatives who have come to show support for the Chavez government in a period of deep uncertainty about the future
Venezuela top court upholds delay of Chavez swearing-in
Venezuela s top court cleared cancer stricken President Hugo Chavez Wednesday January 9 to indefinitely postpone his re inauguration but the opposition said it did not resolve the uncertainties facing the country
Venezuela delays Chavez inauguration as crisis deepens
Ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cannot return home in time for his inauguration on Thursday January 10 and so will take the oath of office at a later date before the Supreme Court the government announced
Constitutional fight over Chavez status intensifies
A constitutional fight over ailing President Hugo Chavez s status intensified Tuesday January 8 with the government planning a massive show of support in the streets on the day he is supposed to be sworn in to a new term
Venezuela faces uncertainty with Chavez health crisis
Chavez was re elected on October 7 despite his debilitating battle with cancer and the strongest opposition challenge yet to his 14 year rule in Venezuela
