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Drought worsens water woes in Venezuela

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.

Rattler Alumni Report: Winter League Games of November 6, 2009

Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

Arizona Fall League @Javelinas 6, Saguaros 3 Javs: Lorenzo Cain ('09): 3-for-4, RUN, RBI Carlos Triunfel ('07): 0-for-4 Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional Caracas 4 @Lara 3 Lara: Luis Valbuena ('06): 2-for-4, RUN Michael Saunders ('06): 1-for-4, RBI Jose Escalona ('08): 0.0IP, 2H, 2R, Blown Save, Loss Ivan Blanco ('05): IP, H, R, 2BB, K @Magallanes 3, Caribes 1 Magallanes: Wladimir Balentien ('04):...

Socialism has an almost magical quality:

Irons in the Fire (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

it can make anything rare , and blame it on capitalism/ists. CARACAS -- Compulsory cuts in water supplies began Monday in this city and other areas of Venezuela, leaving residents and businesses with little choice but to do without for periods of up to 48 hours at a stretch. The objective of all this is to slash consumption by 20% because water is in short supply. The cause of the shortages is a matter...

Venezuelans struggling with water shortages

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

FILAS DE MARICHES, Venezuela — While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.

Venezuelans struggling with water shortages

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

FILAS DE MARICHES, Venezuela -- While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.

Rattler Alumni Report: Winter League Games of November 5, 2009

Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Arizona Fall League @Mesa 8, Javelinas 1 Javs: Lorenzo Cain ('09): 2-for-4, RBI Anthony Varvaro ('07): IP, H, 0R, K Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional: @Lara 11, Margarita 8 Lara: Luis Valbuena ('06): 2-for-3, RUN, RBI Michael Saunders ('06): 1-for-4, 2 RUNS, 2RBI Oswaldo Navarro ('05); Pinch hitter, BB Jose Escalona ('08): .2IP, H, 0R Ivan Blanco ('05): .1IP, 0H, 0R, BB @Zulia 6, Caracas 4 Caracas:...

Chavez orders troops to border

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

CARACAS: Venezuela is sending 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia, saying the military build-up is needed to increase security, combat drug trafficking and root out paramilitary groups.

Ninety Colombians arrested in Venezuela

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Caracas - At least 90 Colombians were arrested Thursday in the western Venezuelan state of Barinas for travelling without the required documents, Venezuelan authorities said. The Colombians were travelling in three buses, General Vladimir Padrino, re...

Missing the obvious

Laci the Dog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Mikeb had a post where he discussed a Times article I sent him where Sir Paul Stephenson, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said that the annual murder rate in London was two deaths per 100,000 of the population — compared with 35 per 100,000 in Baltimore. That post had the following table: Murder rates per 100,000 population 133 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico 130 Caracas, Venezuela 67 New...

Venezuela rations water in response to drought

Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Health/ Disease Blog Entry Ten Azrealle McClain Sociology 202-01 November 5th 2009 11:54pm Summary: A drought in Caracas, Venezuela has become a major issue for its residents. On Monday the government has started rationing out water as a way to preserve the depleting resource. Unfortunately the water rationing is set to last through the first quarter of 2010, which the residents are very unpleased...

Rattler Alumni Report: Winter League Games of November 4, 2009

Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Arizona Fall League Mesa 8 @Javelinas 5 Javs: Joe Dunigan ('08): 1-for-4 Taylor Green ('09): 1-for-3, RUN Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional @Lara 10, Caribes 0 Lara: Luis Valbuena ('06): 1-for-3, RUN, RBI Oswaldo Navarro ('05): Pinch hitter, 1-for-1, RUN, RBI, HR #1 Michael Saunders ('06): 1-for-3, 3 RUNS Juan Ovalles ('04): IP, H, 0R @Magallanes 6, Margarita 3 Magallanes: Wladimir Balentien ('04):...

Homophobia Stalks the Streets of Venezuela - in Uniform

SexGenderBody (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Nov 4 (IPS) - One Friday at around midnight, on Villaflor Street, a favourite spot for gays and lesbians in the Venezuelan capital, Yonatan Matheus and Omar Marques noticed two Caracas police patrol vans carrying about 20 detainees, most of them very young. When Marques and Matheus, who are gay leaders of the Venezuela Diversa (Diverse Venezuela) organisation, approached...

To the bathroom with a flashlight in Caracas: 15 Minutes on Latin America

Fausta's blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Today’s podcast at 11AM Eastern, Plunging the country into rationing water and electricity, Hugo Chavez dishes out advice to the suffering public. Use the flashlight: Be a good Communist, take a short shower: Related reading: Water Rationing Begins in Caracas, Other Major Venezuelan Cities Venezuela Rations Water As Power Cuts Loom Venezuela’s Electricity and Water supply: Not a pretty...

Man detained in killings of 2 Venezuelan soldiers

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan authorities have detained a suspect in the shooting deaths of two National Guard soldiers.

Venezuela rations water in response to drought (Google / CNN)

Desertification (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Read at : Google Alert – drought http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/02/venezuela.water.rationing/ Venezuela rations water in response to drought // -1) {’);} else {;} // ]]>November 3, 2009 Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Residents of the Venezuelan capital on Monday began to experience water rationing as part of a government preservation [...]

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