During the International Conference of Political Economy held in Caracas until today, Venezuelan Panning Minister Haiman El Troudi called on Venezuelans to bring back their investments in the US. He claimed...
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Caracas, Venezuela, October 11, 2008. Today, central police authorities detained drug trafficker Antonio Pulgar Chacón who claims to have both Venezuelan and American nationalities. Pulgar Chacon is under an...
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Caracas, Venezuela, 10 October, 2008. Yesterday, all 115 Venezuelan McDonald´s shops were closed by government Tax officials (Seniat). This measure was taken by Seniat after an examination of accounting...
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" October 9th 2008, by Daniel Cancel - Bloomberg. Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the country's state-oil company, aims to convert 969 gasoline- burning vehicles to run on natural gas by the end of the year helped...
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" A former Venezuelan defence minister, who is now a prominent critic of Hugo Chavez, the president, was briefly detained amid allegations of corruption. General Raul Baduel was being investigated...
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3 October 2008 Update: Student leader Jesus Soto was the President of Zulia Student Union. He was an active member of the regional opposition to the Chavez´s administration at the University. It is still...
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"President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy - a move likely to raise U.S. concerns over increasingly close cooperation between Caracas and Moscow.Chavez said he accepted an offer from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for...
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" Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, has said he wants to look at nuclear co-operation with Caracas, after meeting Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, at his residence on the outskirts of...
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" Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:47:56 GMT Two suspects have been arrested during an investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate President Hugo Chavez and launch a military coup. The suspects were detained in the...
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Caracas, Venezuela, 21 September 2008. Just few hours ago, the Bolivian President Evo Morales urged all separtatist prefects (Conalde) that participated in the peace talks, to sign the agreed deal today. Pro government groups have gathered at Santa Cruz and Cochabamba a...
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" AP 2008-09-20 22:52:02 - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela is taking issue with an election ad focusing on President Hugo Chavez put out by the campaign of U.S. presidential candidate John McCain.The Spanish-language TV spot is running in Florida. It features...
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In a move to confirm the readiness of foreign companies to invest in Venezuela, representatives of Chevron, Gazprom and Eni signed into gas pojects. Oil executives from Qatar, Algeria, Portugal and Japan were also...
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The Venezuelan government expelled two employees of Human Rights Watch on Thursday night after they became upset at their documentation of political discrimination, intimidation of union members and a subservient judiciary about the actions of the government."Armed men in...
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" THE economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for 50 years is the main obstacle to Cuba’s development, the well-being of the Cuban people and, under the current...
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