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Venezuela says taking steps to restore U.S. diplomatic ties

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's recent designation of an acting head of its diplomatic mission in the United States shows the OPEC nation's desire to restore full diplomatic relations, the foreign minister said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.Full story

Humala's approval rating in Peru slips to 6-month low

LIMA (Reuters) - President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell 5 points to a six-month low of 46 percent, reflecting the unpopularity of his proposal to buy an oil refinery owned by Spain's Repsol and his support for Venezuela's new government, an Ipsos poll showed on Sunday. Full story

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  Venezuela votes for new president

After passionate campaigning, Venezuelans went to the polls to choose who will replace the late Hugo Chavez. NBC’s Mark Potter reports.

  Peace yet eludes Chavez in repose

Chris Hayes updates the story of plans to preserve the dead body of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez with the news that the body may be too far-gone to display.

  The Chavez Conspiracy?

The Venezuelan government has announced it will conduct a formal inquiry into whether deceased president Hugo Chavez was "inoculated" with cancer. Risa Grais-Targow, Eurasia Group Latin America Analyst, provides perspective on how this might impact oil

  What can we learn from Latin America’s shift to the left?

After the Venezuelan leader’s countless controversial statements, Chris Hayes and his panel focus on how Hugo Chavez’s role as an outsider on the world stage shaped his country’s diplomatic relations.

  What we can learn about how Chavez came to power

Chris Hayes and his panel look at the history behind how Hugo Chavez came to power and why he was known as a political outsider.

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