While the opposition continues to squabble, the opinion polls suggest that Venezuelans are hungry for change.
Divorce has also become cheaper, at least for those who have few assets to squabble over.
Worse still, the various levels of government continue to squabble over how taxpayers' funds are to be spent cleaning up the mess.
And without a leader bigger than the party, the PT's out-and-out socialists will be more likely to squabble with its social-democratic reformers.
Despite his domination of the airwaves and the charts, he continued to squabble with other well-known rappers, most visibly Ja Rule, but 50 seemed sent from another planet.
They can run Northern Ireland very well and now that's what they ought to concentrate on doing and not continuing to squabble over things that really ought to be in the past.
The more governments that gather around America's tent, if not inside it, before a war (the reasoning goes), the less likely they will be to squabble over the rebuilding of Iraq afterwards.
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But it would surely be better if Brazil first simplified and reduced the tax and regulatory burden on all businesses (congressmen, ministers and state governors continue to squabble over proposals to take a step towards this).
"This is a shortlist to savour and squabble over - and now it is up to the viewers to decide the winner, " he said.
The next day both Nadal and Federer sought to defuse the squabble, in the most predictably courteous Rafa-Roger manner.
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Following a string of failed settlement talks, Yum Shoes has agreed to quit its squabble over Nike Inc.
In the background, however, there is a heated squabble over how to reform the Paris-based organisation's internal governance.
Yet they are still to sort out an ethnic squabble of their own, between Norway's fair-haired 4.5m majority and its 45, 000-strong Sami minority up in the Arctic.
The president, traditionally a widely respected figure supposed to be above the political fray, can also play a critical role in fostering national unity, which could prove vital now as politicians squabble over how to rebuild Italy's recession-mired economy.
The squabble among Republicans threatens to derail the military tribunal legislation, which GOP leaders want badly to approve this month before adjourning to campaign for the congressional midterm elections.
When multiple owners and signatories all face tax bills they generally squabble and do their best to sic the IRS on someone else.
This week Nicaragua joined Costa Rica in asking it to help in their long-standing squabble over the use of the San Juan river.
"There was a bit of a squabble about who was going to be Crawley but we sorted it out, " said teacher Chris Jones.
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That intractable question could threaten a trade war, as the United States and the European Union squabble over the best way to protect personal data.
The sponsors of ETFs and the exchanges on which they are listed sometimes squabble about who is supposed to pick up the marketing tab to sell them to investors.
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Hopefully the two parties can sort things out, but honestly, we'd suggest the Windows Phone team put the whole " add proper Gmail and Google Suite integration to WP8" thing above this little squabble.
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It's being brought right down to the level of being a party political squabble.
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Meanwhile, various Muslim groups squabble over who is best placed to provide the solutions.
The Democratic vote may have little impact on the presidential race, however, because the party's national leadership said it would not allow Florida's delegates to participate in the national convention because of a squabble over scheduling.
First there is the hopelessly unproductive squabble over baselines additional revenue relative to what?
Like many family feuds, this squabble will continue behind closed doors for years to come, and only history will write who was right.
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Meanwhile a squabble with Lithuania has annoyed neighbours that would prefer to see Poland as a leader, not a score-settler.
Then, Congress and Obama may get to do it all one more time next fall when they squabble over the 2014 budget.
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Both are trying to launch full-scale 3G services, even as politicians and bureaucrats squabble over who has the regulatory authority.
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