Venezuela

Venezuela closes down four banks

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Venezuelan government shuts down four private banks, accusing them of financial irregularities.

Lightning Show Hits Venezuela Town 160 Nights a Year

webcastr (Free subscription) | yesterday

They say that lightning never strikes twice, but nothing could be further from the truth for residents of a small village in western Venezuela where a unique meteorological phenomenon sets the sky alight for nearly half the year.

Rebranding Venezuela

All Africa (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

I am sick and tired of foreigners coming into Nigeria to insult us. For God's sake this is a sovereign state and if radiculopathy did not reduce that status, why should pericarditis? The other time, Mrs Hilary Clinton came to Abuja without giving Ojo Maduekwe her itinerary.

Venezuela shuts 4 banks after takeover

Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Venezuela's government closed four banks on Monday, saying authorities detected major financial problems after taking over management due to irregularities.Two of the banks, Canarias and ProVivienda (BanPro), will be permanently closed and their assets...

Russia building weapons factories in Venezuela

Wellsy's World (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

Reassuring news comes out of Caracas today as Forbes is reporting that Russia is building factories that assemble automatic weapons and plans on finalizing a deal to send 53 military helicopters to Venezuela. Arms deals between Russia and Venezuela have been going on since 2001, and in the intervening years Hugo Chavez has bought over $4 [...]

VENEZUELA: Labour problems resurface at Mitsubishi plant

Just Auto (Free subscription) | yesterday

More labour problems are brewing at the Mitsubishi Motors assembly plant in Venezuela, according to a local report.

Venezuela closes two seized banks

Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Venezuela's government has closed two private banks, a day after Hugo Chávez, president, said he would have "no problem" nationalising banks that failed to lend to...

Venezuela closes two private banks

Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Venezuela's socialist government has closed two private banks, a day after Hugo Chávez, president, said he would have "no problem" nationalising banks that failed...

Venezuela to send ambassador to 'Palestine'

Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | yesterday

Venezuela plans to send an ambassador to 'Palestine' and has signed several agreements to 'aid' the 'Palestinians.' "We have decided to designate an ambassador and open an embassy in Palestine," Chavez said after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas."We now have a charge d'affaires; we will name an ambassador in coming days as part of accords to boost our bilateral relations,"...

• Venezuela To Open Embassy In Palestine - FreeThoughtManifesto

Russian arms for Venezuela

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

Russia is building arms plants in Venezuela to produce AK103 automatic rifles and cartridges and is finalising contracts to send 53 military helicopters to the Andean nation. Russian Ambassador to Venezuela Vladmir Zaemskiy said...

• Russia building arms plants in Venezuela - Forbes.com - 1913 Intel

Venezuela: Venezuela deports 400 Colombian and Brazilian illegal gold miners

i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | yesterday

Reuters reports Venezuelan troops deported more than 400 Colombian and Brazilian illegal gold miners to Colombia after expelling them from makeshift camps, Colombian authorities said on Monday.Venezuela's government had no immediate comment on the incident. But Colombian authorities said 380 Colombians and 45 Brazilians were driven across the frontier in a move the government called a violation

Brazil, Spain, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Guatemala, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba oppose recognition of Honduran election results

Latin America News Review (Free subscription) | yesterday

Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, left, joins the hands of Spain's King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Luiz Zapatero, right, following their meeting during the XIX Ibero American summit Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, in Estoril, outside Lisbon. The annual summit brings together the leaders of 19 Latin-American countries plus Portugal, Spain and Andorra. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) Xinhua...

How long could Venezuela's slump last?

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday

Many economists expect South America's top oil exporter will devalue currency at some point

Two days of Film and Discussion on Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday

Humanities 1, room 210 UCSC

Venezuela expels hundreds of miners: Colombia

France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Venezuela has expelled hundreds of miners from Colombia and other countries without warning, causing chaos in this border town, Colombia's Defense Minister Gabriel Silva has said. "We're going to report this sort of forced displacement to international human rights authorities because it violates international humanitarian rights," Silva said after arriving here with a shipment of humanitarian...

Big Oil – A Look at The World’s Most Powerful Companies

staffjam | 26/11/2009

A detailed look at the largest Oil Companies, how they operate and who the major players in the field are. The Oil Companies take a lot of Flak, but are they as bad as you think? Companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Royal Dutch Shell now produce only 10% of the world's oil and gas and hold a mere 3% of its reserves....