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...
The Spanish custom officials have taken a boat carrying five tonnes of cocaine near the Canary Islands. Officials boarded the Dona Fortuna about 780 nautical miles (1,444 km) north-east of the islands on Thursday and discovered the boat's cargo with a street value of £221m....
The attacks intensify against Jews in the world and the world excuses it by blaming Israel. This is deja vu all over again."An armed group vandalized Caracas' oldest synagogue, shattering religious objects and...
" Sentencing in Miami is off until March for a wealthy Venezuelan convicted of being an illegal foreign agent in a political cash suitcase scandal. The lawyer for 41-year-old Franklin Duran on Monday raised objections about Duran's role in the case. The outcome of the...
" Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he’s investigating whether representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas met with leaders of the political opposition, and said he may expel them from the country. Chavez said he knows a group of opposition leaders recently...
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" Leonidas Vargas, a once powerful Colombian drug trafficker, has been shot dead in his hospital bed in the Spanish capital, Madrid. Police said that a gunman entered his room and fired four shots at Vargas, who was being treated for lung disease. Vargas, 59, was the head...
" Protesters condemning Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip sprayed graffiti and hurled shoes at the country's embassy in Venezuela on Thursday, backing President Hugo Chavez's decision to expel the Israeli ambassador. Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and chanted "Gaza,...
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" Israel is considering expelling Venezuelan diplomats from Israel in response to the expulsion of Israel's envoys from Venezuela, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. The Israelis were ordered out of their Caracas embassy in protest over Israel's military offensive in...
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" "Chavez decided that it was a mistake," said Larry Birns, director of the Washington-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs. He said Citgo officials probably recommended the cost-saving measure to Chavez in the first place, but the impact may not have sunk in until the...
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" Venezuela's state oil company is suspending a much-promoted program that provided discounted heating oil to hundreds of thousands of poor people throughout the United States, the company announced Monday. The program has been a public relations bonanza for Venezuelan...
In the first ever military presence in the region after the end of the Cold War, Russia participated with Venezuela in a joint naval exercise called VenRus 2008. This military cooperation heralds the beginning of...
As announced before, Russian warships are already in Venezuela to conduct joint military exercises. Unlike previous US Venezuelan naval exercises, this one has created concern among local and international...
During an International Press Conference on Monday night at Caracas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez clarify his stand on reelection. Chavez rejected suggestions that he would...
UPDATES: Local authorities have informed that fourteen people died during the torrential rains last night in Venezuela. 53 houses collapsed in the DF Municipality while 93 were affected at Baruta. Five people died...