Chavez joins long list of critics of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez joins a long list of critics against United States President Barack Obama's receipt of The Nobel Peace Prize award. "Chavez believes Obama didn't make any notable accomplishments to...

Heavy Fire heard on Honduran island as Military aircraft circle

UTILA September 9, 2009 At 12:50am local time this reporter was woken by heavy gunfire coming from the direction of the secluded airport area on the small island of Utila located within The Bay Islands of...

Chavez Walks The Red Carpet In Venice For Documentary Premiere

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez walked the red carpet of Venice's 66th annual film festival on Monday for the world premier of Oliver Stone's documentary "South Of The Border." Chavez was invited to the premiere because the documentary centers on Venezuelan President's...

Latin America finally starts moving to the right. (in english)

** This is a translation of an article posted to NP by Jose Brechner. "The function of socialism is to elevate the suffering to a higher level." - Norman Mailer      After twenty years of democratic govenments that never turned to capitalism,...

Hugo Chavez and Venezuela Cut Ties with Colombia

Hugo Chavez, as the President of Venezuela, has announced that they are cutting diplomatic ties with Colombia, as there are too many 'aggressions' from that country. Previously, Colombia announced that Venezuela purchased anti-tank weapons from Sweden and they ended up in...

Talks seen as last chance to end Honduras' crisis

Zeyala will have to compromise, Congress and the courts and the military are against him.  He can not win.  There will be no civil war because Zeyala has no military forces. A third party interim person...

Civil War is unfolding in Niger. (Update 3)

By, Uwe Paschen.  Niger is once again in trouble and this time it is of the highest concern to all involved. Causing all alarm bells to ring laud and clear with the OUA, the UN and the EU. This seems to be...

President Obama "deeply concerned" over Honduran unrest

President Barack Obama is "deeply concerned" over unrest in Honduras, the democratic republic in Central America. "Using an ambivalent speech, US President Barack Obama said he was “deeply concerned”...

Chavez begins marathon TV show

Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, has embarked on a marathon media broadcast in celebration of this 10th anniversary of "Hello President".  The quirky president has used the government media outlets over the...

Thoughts on Pravda, Izvestia and President Obama

Jake Tapper’s Political Punch post, about a “newsgathering” effort (see video above) launched recently by the Obama Administration, reminded of something I learned during my brief tenure as a graduate...

Venezuelan Narco Plane Crashes on Utila. Another 1500 Kilos down

May 10th 2009 UTILA Again, Utila has come to the center on the War on Drugs with another Venezuelan aircraft busted with 1500 kilos of cocaine, but this time there was a different ending. Starting...

Caracas 'will restore envoy to US'

The chilly relationship between the Bush administration and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, seems to have warmed slightly with Chavez's announcement that a new ambassador to the US will be appointed. "Hugo Chavez,...

Miss Universe Calls Guantanamo Bay 'Relaxing, Calm and Beautiful'

In case you missed it, Miss Universe visited the U.S.-run military facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba a few days ago and, much to the surprise of her blog-reading public, she had "a loooot of fun!". In a cooing,...

Chavez bans “luxury” in Venezuela’s government

The tough economic times have not escaped the government of the president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez. Venezuela’s economy is very dependent on oil sales, and with the prices of oil plunging, Chavez says his...

Chavez Tightens Control of Venezuela

Hugo Chavez announced during his Sunday address to the people of Venezuela that the military would be taking control of all of the country's transportation nodes -- ports, airports and highways. "Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, has ordered the military to take...

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