The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Caracas is one of the most dangerous cities in the world and under Hugo Chavez Venezuela's murder rate has surpassed that of neighbouring Colombia.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Venezuela's daily oil production has fallen by a quarter since President Hugo Chavez won power.
Once Upon a Time in the West (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Latin America's leftist academics and politicians, like Venezuela's red dictator Hugo Chavez, are mocking US President George W. Bush for adopting socialist policies that the Republican Party has long condemned at home and abroad, especially following the US government's nationalization of two mortgage lenders and insurance giant AIG, and the passage of the US$700 billion financial industry bailout...
Lonewacko (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Bill Ayers (who's just some guy in Barack Obama's neighborhood and/or someone he used to serve on a couple boards with) gave a speech in November 2006 (when Obama was just 45 years old) at...
Maru Angarita (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
The following article from The American Thinker is circulating the Internet: William Ayers and Hugo Chavez A.M. Mora y Leon Barack Obama's original political sponsor Wiliam Ayers has ties to the Hugo Chavez regime that apparently continue today. Here's how Hugo Chavez advertises Ayers as a member of the directorate of the Miranda International Center, a think tank funded by the Venezuelan government....
Slog (Free subscription) | yesterday
As Hugo Chavez welcomes Comrade Bush" to the land of socialism , he himself is boarding the train to neoliberalism : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced a plan to help the country's businesses as rising inflation threatens the economy. Under a stimulus package unveiled on Wednesday, Mr Chavez scrapped a tax and eased currency controls that made it harder for Venezuelan firms to operate....
Bloodthirsty Liberal (Free subscription) | yesterday
No, wait, it’s going to be okay. Wendy’s and Burger King are not affected. Venezuela’s government has shut all branches of restaurant chain McDonald’s for 48 hours, citing tax irregularities, officials have said. The head of the country’s tax agency, Jose David Cabello, said the chain had inconsistencies in its accounts. The 115 branches in Venezuela were [...]
Fark.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
2008-10-10 12:55:47 PMyou greened that headline?wow2008-10-10 12:56:25 PMyou greened that headline?wowFrom one prolific subby to another, there has been something weird going on here for about a week. Very random choice, with long periods of narcolepsy or something.2008-10-10 01:00:41 PMFirst they came for the oil companies. I was not an oil company, so I said nothing...2008-10-10 01:03:10 PMVery random...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Friday, October 10, 2008 Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently published a 230 page report on Venezuela entitled ""A Decade Under Chávez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela,"
Daniel Hannan (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Don't say you weren't warned, President Chávez. Almost every economist could see how dangerous it was to build a socialist state wholly with oil revenues. Now that the price of petrol is falling, so will the Bolivarian revolution. Oil, 'the devil's excrement'
Fl color promo a img fl color promo (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
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PoliGazette (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela, continued to wage war on capitalism, and especially on American capitalistic enterprises on Thursday. The latest move of the Venezuelan government was to shut down 115 McDonald’s restaurants in Venezuela for a 48-hours period. The government cited ‘tax irregularities’ as reason for the forced closure. ©2008 PoliGazette. All Rights Reserved..
Cuaderno Latinoamericano (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Venezuelan government has ordered all McDonald's restaurants in the country closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the fast-food chain's financial books. President Hugo Chavez's government has regularly cracked down on U.S. companies. The order stands for Thursday through Saturday, affecting all 115 McDonald's restaurants nationwide. Authorities found "inconsistencies" in sales...
Joanne Jacobs (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
In The Bomber as School Reformer in City Journal, Sol Stern argues that ex-Weatherman Bill Ayers, now an education professor, remains a would-be revolutionary. For instance, at a November 2006 education forum in Caracas, Venezuela, with President Hugo Chávez at his side, Ayers proclaimed his support for “the profound educational reforms under way here [...]
The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Hugo Chavez's government is hitting those yanquis where it hurts, right in their extra value meals. Venezuela's tax enforcement office shut down all McDonald's in the country for 48 hours as punishment for alleged tax irregularities. There are 115 Golden Arches in Venezuela. Source : Reuters
