Updates: On 24 July 2008, Venezuelan President met his Portuguese counterpart, Aníbal Cavaco Silva. Chavez also attended a protocol ceremony to lay wreath on the statute of Simon Bolivar in Lisbon as Venezuela...
After visiting Moscow, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on Belarus to increase oil cooperation. President Chavez promised counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that Venezuela "will supply Minsk with its oil...
Caracas, Venezuela, 23July 2008. On Tuesday 22 July 2008, a provisional Constitutional Law magistrate, Silvia Salame, ordered the suspension of the recall referendum due on 10 August 2008. Salame ruled the suspension to safeguard jurisprudence and allow her to...
Today, Venezuela and Russia gave a more tangible meaning to their strategic partnership during the visit of President Hugo Chavez. Four new deals on oil and gas were signed to further energy security plans....
Update: Fox News now has a "photo essay" up on this story.This is a very strange story from the entertainment world."Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother...
This weekend’s (July 18-20) events are symbolic of the theme that should prevail in the Brazilian diplomatic agenda over the next few weeks. Yet again, South America and the negotiations of the Doha Round at the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be in the spotlight.At...
Caracas, Venezuela, 20 July 2008. Today, thousands of Colombians have gathered all over the world to celebrate their independence day. Bogotá Bolivar Square has been packed with demonstrators. Most notably, French...
Updates: On 20 July 2008, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced his country would join the Security Council of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). This council was proposed by Venezuela and Brazil to draft a defence policy and...
Caracas, Venezuela, 19 July 2008. Today, Nicaraguan government celebrates the 29th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. President Daniel Ortega organized a meeting of regional Latin American leader for the...
After the FARC liberation operation and the Yidisgate scandal, Colombian Supreme Court issued two rulings. First, It stated that it would be unconstitutional- if not impossible - to rerun presidential elections held in 2006. Then, it also stated that the constitutional...
Updates: "Morales, Lula and Chavez sign agreements to build roads of integrationRiberalta (Beni), July 18 (ABI).- Presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva; Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Frias and Bolivia,...
Today, Haitian deputies proposed 61 year old economist Michele Pierre Louis as Prime Minister. She is the chief of FOKAL, Haiti's Educational and Cultural Foundation. Pierre Louis was born at Jeremie, Southern Haiti,...
According to official VTV, President Chavez will start his tour by meeting with the Bolivian and Brazilian Heads of State, Evo Morales and Lula da Silva, tomorrow at Bolivia. They will sign a cooperation agreement on the Amazon. " Venezuela's Chavez to begin 6-nation tour...
Amnesty International (AI) has asked the Venezuelan government to protect the Human Rights of locally abused women. Sadly, AI figures show that a rather big number of cases go unpunished or unresolved. The government has not made any comment of the AI allegations...
Some analysts have wondered whether Venezuela-US bilateral relations would improve under a Barak Obama presidency. A recent article by Christian Science Monitor expressed such dull conclusion. However, Chavez himself has rejected any change in his critical stand against...