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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months.
Once Upon a Time in the West (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
In a move that could portend a larger Venezuelan military operation in the days and weeks ahead, "Colombia's government said on Thursday Venezuelan soldiers blew up two small pedestrian bridges that stretch across their border in the latest incident to test diplomatic ties between the Andean neighbors." Reuters continues : Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva told reporters that uniformed...
Venezuela News And Views (Free subscription) | yesterday
Like almost anyone else who has an idea about the graft corruption of Venezuela, I was a little stunned when I learned that the 4 banks of Fernandez Barrueco were "intervened" and that the guy found himself in a DISIP cell yesterday. Stunned by the speedy story from rags to riches to jail, but not by the story itself since it is a classic tale of corrupt regimes who start to devour themselves...
Dr. X's Free Associations (Free subscription) | yesterday
What's on Hugo Chavez's mind? CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important ''revolutionary fighter'' who supported the cause of the Palestinians...In his speech, Chavez also sought to defend other leaders he said are wrongly labeled ''bad boys'' internationally, including Zimbabwe's...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday
Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional @Lara 6, Caribes 4 Lara: Luis Valbuena ('06): 2-for-3, RUN, 3RBI, HR #3 Oswaldo Navarro ('05): 2-for-4, 3 RBI Juan Ovalles ('04): 2.2IP, H, 0R, 2K Margarita 6 @Caracas 3 Caracas: Carlos Maldonado ('98): 2-for-4 La Guaira 11 @Zulia 10 Zulia: Gerardo Avila ('08): 1-for-5 Luis Oliveros ('02): 2-for-2, RUN, 2RBI Liga de Beisbol Dominicano Aguilas 6 @Licey 1 Aguilas: Edward...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary fighter" rather than a terrorist.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Tensions raised between two countries as troops dynamite rural walkways Venezuela claims are used by smugglers and militia Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours. Soldiers destroyed the walkways because they were being used by illegal militia and drug traffickers, said Eusebio Aguero, an...
Mungowit's End (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Everyone's favorite autocrat, Hugo F. Chavez, is mobilizing his military to the Colombian border to heroically repel the expected US invasion. Ok, now repeat after me: WTF? Seriously, Hugo, Wassup? Well, now that he has more or less achieved total power, Venezuela is falling apart . Output there is still sharply falling and inflation is around 30%. Plus the country is facing water shortages and electricity...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Arizona Fall League @Phoenix 7, Javelinas 6 Javs: Taylor Green ('09): pinch hitter, 0-for-2 Joe Dunigan ('08): 0-for-3 Carlos Triunfel ('07): 0-for-4 Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional @Lara 8, Margarita 6 Lara: Luis Valbuena ('06): 1-for-4, RUN, 2RBI, HR #2 Jose Escalona ('08): IP, 0H, R, BB, K @LaGuaira 9, Caracas 8 Caracas: Carlos Maldonado ('98): pinch hitter, 0-for-0, SF, RBI Liga de Beisbol Profesional...
N e l i a n a F u e n m a y o r (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
This is my first feature in my home country Venezuela in cover of Club Mag. The shoot was done in a 1920´s old convent building in Caracas which is now used a a nursing school. It was the perfect location for the ´Romanticism Issue´ of Club Magazine. It will be in public distribution from next week, so I will post the complete editorial and the making of. Credits: Club Magazine Editor...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
WSJ: Venezuela's economy is suffering a deepening recession at a time when the rest of the world's economies are picking up steam, according to data released Tuesday by the country's central bank. That is bad news for the country's populist leader Hugo Chávez. In the third quarter, economic output fell 4.5% compared with the year-earlier period. The decline follows a second-quarter drop of 2.4%...
inca kola news (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A strange story out of Paraguay this week . Apparently, on November 12th a Venezuela armed forces C-130 Hercules took off from Ezeiza airport, Argentina. The plane landed, taxied into a hangar then after refuelling took off an hour later. According to reports, this mysterious plane had 14 people on board and left behind two of its crew members in Asuncion without them having to register through immigrations...
Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
From International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission: Join the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Venezuela Diversa C.A. and demand that Caracas and Venezuelan authorities fully and fairly investigate the arbitrary detentions of 19 LGBT people...
Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
In my email inbox, from "A Leftist": >I asked Xcdv Umesnagos about the power outages [in Venezuela] reported by Simon Romero of the NY TIMES. His reply: >>Romero is a fool but the NYT is more so for keeping on a guy who just rewrites the articles in oppo papers. >>That said, there definitely is a electricity crisis, short and medium term. Short reflects in part the very heavy...
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