Venezuela
A community portal about Venezuela with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America. Comprising a continental... [more]
A community portal about Venezuela with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America. Comprising a continental mainland and numerous islands in the Caribbean Sea, Venezuela borders Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the west. Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, and the Leeward Antilles lie just north of the Venezuelan coast.
By Brendan Moore 04.20.2007 I was looking through the Reuters news items yesterday and came across an article about the prices of gasoline in different countries and how those compare to the extremely low prices charged for a gallon of gas in the United States. According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), gas is an average $2.86 per gallon (3.785 liters) for regular unleaded in the United States. Reaction in the U.S. to the recent rises in the retail price of gas which drove...
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By Brendan Moore 04.20.2007 I was looking through the Reuters news items yesterday and came across an article about the prices of gasoline in different countries and how those compare to the extremely low prices charged for a gallon of gas in the United States. According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), gas is an average $2.86 per gallon (3.785 liters) for regular unleaded in the United States. Reaction in the U.S. to the recent rises in the retail price of gas which drove...
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It's becoming more and more bemusing how Hugo Chavez seems to be letting things deteriorate in Venezuela. His answer to any unrest or protest now, is to crack down on civil liberties, the very same ones that enabled him to come to power and force the 2002 coup against him to eventually crumble. But perhaps he's finding it worrying that it's university students, the one demographic group you would have thought would be firm supporters of his left-wing, socialist policies, who are suddenly the...
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So after yesterdays student protests, Hugo Chavez now slings out almost nonsensical allegations that fascist conspiracies are behind this increase in voiceful protests (Venezuela's Chavez Condemns Opposition). Certainly opposition is mounting against him, but at least these seem to manifest themselves in far more peaceful and lawful ways than when Chavez counters the opposition against him. The recent silencing of a nationwide TV channel that openly opposed him springs to mind. As much as I...
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President Hugo Chavez called for an overhaul of Venezuela's prisons on Saturday, saying inmates often wait too long for their cases to be heard.
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Venezuela will negotiate with Ternium SA beyond today's deadline about government compensation for taking over the company's local steelmaking unit, President Hugo Chavez said.
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Thousands of Venezuelans protested in the capital on Saturday to demand the Supreme Court overturn a "blacklist" blocking key opponents of President Hugo Chavez from running in upcoming elections.
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A fledgling church that openly backs President Hugo Chavez is raising the ire of Venezuela's Roman Catholic hierarchy, preaching the Gospel alongside socialism.
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Brazil is to buy more energy from Venezuela under an agreement signed Friday between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, a senior official said here Monday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is threatening not to sell oil to any European country that applies strict new rules for expelling illegal immigrants.
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President Hugo Chavez says he is naming the former chief of Venezuela's state-run oil company as his new finance minister.
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Caracas, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez has used his decree powers to carry out a major overhaul of this country's intelligence agencies, provoking a fierce
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is urging Colombian rebels to lay down their weapons, free all hostages and put an end to a decades-long armed struggle against Colombia's government.
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A new law creating four spy agencies that President Hugo Chavez decreed last week without Congress's approval threatens to put Venezuela under a "police state," human-rights groups said yesterday.
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