Venezuela looks further East: Chavez in Japan

Caracas, Venezuela, 6 April 2009. After including Japan in his international tour at a very short notice, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Tokyo on Monday. Chavez met with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso...

Venezuela calls for OPEC output cuts

Joining Lybian previous calls, Venezuela has also suggested a OPEC output cuts for stabilising world prices. This reduction -of an estimate one million barrels a day- would be proposed during the next OPEC...

Venezuela, Russia begin offshore gas drilling, sign 15 coop deals

Consolidating their strategic alliance, Russia and Venezuela began a joint offshore gas drilling. This heralds further energy cooperation between Venezuelan PDVSA and Russian GAZPROM. It also hints at...

Chavez: Russians drilling for gas

After the successful launching of a Chinese made Satellite yesterday, Venezuelan President announced today that a Russian enterprise to explore natural gas has just started. A Russian vessel with a drilling...

Venezuela and Ecuador revise bilateral deals and confirm commitment to furthe...

Caracas, Venezuela, 28 October, 2008. Today, the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, met his Ecuadorian counterpart, Rafael Correa, to review the current status of their bilateral agreements and...

Venezuela Aims to Convert 969 Vehicles to Natural Gas This Year

" 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...

Putin, Chavez plug 'multi-polar world'

As the visit of Venezuelan President to Russia unfolds, more details over the deals reached have hit the news. Earlier, "a Kremlin official who spoke on customary condition of anonymity said that Russia would...

Suitcase scandal: Antonini claims that he was pressed in Argentina

As the suitcase scandal unfolds in a media show, Venezuelan opposition finds a breathing space to express its political concerns over corruption. Venezuelan government has tried to pay very little attention to...

Venezuela's Chavez heads for Russia

After a visit to China to increase bilateral commercial and energy relations, Venezuelan President heads to Russia for cementing military cooperation ties. Few weeks ago, Chavez announced Russia military boats and...

Venezuelan Argentina suitcase scandal: there was an additional USD 4.2 million

" Politics Following the resumption of the Miami's trial in the suitcase scandal, Venezuelan businessman Guido Antonini Wilson declared that there was indeed additional USD 4.2 million targeted at...

Chavez visit Beijing again

From China, Venezuelan President advocated for a multi polar international system and a world free from imperialism. Chavez added, he was not against American people but imperialism. "China is a key link in...

Venezuela-Argenina: Trial for suitcase scandal begins in Miami

" Defendant Franklin Durán appeared on Tuesday in court at the beginning of a federal trial against him for charges of having acted illegally as an agent of the Venezuelan government. Durán presumably took...

Venezuela and S Africa sign oil deal

As eagerly expected in South Africa, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered PetroSA the chance to participate in the exploitation of heavy oil at the Orinoco basin. In addition, Venezuela would provide crude at...

South Africa eagerly awaits cheaper oil from Venezuelan Chavez

Caracas, Venezuela, 1 September 2008. Today, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez travelled to South Africa to start his first two day official visit and meet meet with his counterpart Thabo Mbeki. Venezuela...

Venezuela and Africa: Another failed approach.

Caracas, Venezuela, 31 August 2008. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will shortly depart to South Africa to enhance bilateral relations during a two day official visit.  This is not his first visit to an...

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